On the campaign trail, Barack Obama promised that his administration would usher in a new era of open government. One of those pledges included posting legislative bills on the Internet for five days before he would sign them so that the public could read them and comment. Like so many of his other promises he is finding that putting it into action is
“…a tacit acknowledgment that the campaign pledge was easier to make than to fulfill…”
He also pledged to have no lobbyists in his administration until he found he would have no one in his administration. He pledged to have open and honest government and then he fires an Inspector General who was looking too closely at a friend and campaign contributor. It seems like half of his cabinet appointees had problems paying their taxes.
Is there a campaign pledge that he has actually kept, unmodified?
