On NPR this morning, I heard that the Obama website, change.gov, has deleted the promises page completely. The entire platform is gone. Could it be that it is infeasible for him to make good on some of his promises? we will see.
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This is a little upsetting. But politically, it's probably a smart idea, so when the time comes (heaven forbid) that Obama's plans don't meet his high expectations, no one will be able to remember what he initially promised.
Im going to have to disagree here.
Taking down a portion of his website doesn't necessarily mean that the issues he discussed are dropped, or even gone. I don't think that this means in any way that he has changed his platform.
In fact, on his website change.gov there is an entire section devoted to his platform policy's, and (apart from ideological viewpoints he expressed about how he personally feels about the presidency) I am fairly sure that all of his policy's are still there.
As for the political cartoon, I would say that plenty of presidents have made promises that they were not able to keep. I don't see why Obama would be any different, I'm not expecting to be surprised when he doesn't.
I think that be deleting his promise page he is trying to protect himself so when he brakes his promises there will be little proof that he made them.
I don't think that by deleting the promise page Obama is going to forget or ignore his promises, especially this early.
I would definitely agree with Max that it is not going to be feasible for Obama to deliver on all of his promises, not because of a lack of effort or because his promises were not smart policy but because of the current situation and political climate. Fact's are, unless Obama wants to dig us deeper into this pit of debt he wont be able to spend and deliver on all of the programs he proposed. Also, the republicans still have filibuster power and will be able to strike down Democratic legislation. Expecting him to be able deliver on all of his promises is not entirely reasonable and expecting the campaign to continue to pay to keep up and support a website that is no longer necessary is also rather nit picky.
I agree with Brian that it is impractical for Obama to keep his Promises page of his website, now that he has been elected. I also have to agree, much as I dislike it, that it is probable that Obama will not, being simply one person, be able to fulfill each and every promise he has made.
I think it is highly likely, however, that Obama may be held more accountable for fulfilling the promises he has made because he ran a campaign of change and hope. The faith that many people have in Obama, though not worship, is very strong. It is the people whose support was the strongest that have the most to lose because of unreasonable expectations.
Whether the removal of his promises page from his website means he will fulfill his promises or not, it is likely that he will not be able to with the state of our economy. Unless the economy picks back up soon, the only thing he will be able to do is to try and create jobs for people and follow his tax plan.
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