How many voters think Obama will keep his promises?

Rambo :

Support abortion rights
“Obama has been a consistent champion of reproductive choice and will make preserving… women’s right to choose under Roe v. Wade a priority as president.”—Obama’s Blueprint for Change
Work to reduced unintended pregnancies
“Obama will work to reduce unintended pregnancy by guaranteeing equity in contraceptive coverage, providing sex education and offering rape victims accurate information about emergency contraception.”—Obama’s Blueprint for Change

Hire based on merit
“When it comes to hiring people in my administration, the litmus test that will apply will not be based on party or ideology or who’s traded the most favors, but on qualifications and experience. We’re going to have experienced, competent people in the White House.”—05/19/08 Billings, Mont.
Require new hires to deny cronyism
“Obama will issue an executive order asking all new hires at the agencies to sign a form affirming that no political appointee offered them the job solely on the basis of political affiliation or contribution.”—Obama’s Blueprint for Change
Deliver fireside chats online
“He will personally deliver occasional fireside chats via webcast.”—Obama’s Blueprint for Change

Increase regulation of financial industry
“I’ll put in place the common-sense regulations and rules of the road I’ve been calling for since March — rules that will keep our market free, fair, and honest; rules that will restore accountability and responsibility in our corporate boardrooms.”—10/9/08, Dayton, Ohio
Advocate free market
“I will always be a strong advocate for a market that is free and open.”—9/17/07, New York City
Add consumer credit protections
“I’ll institute a five-star rating system to inform consumers about the level of risk involved in every credit card. And we’ll establish a credit card bill of rights that will ban unilateral changes to a credit card agreement, ban rate changes to debt that’s already incurred and ban interest fees on late fees.”—11/7/07, Bettendorf, Iowa
Reform bankruptcy laws
“Obama will reform our bankruptcy laws to protect working people, ban executive bonuses for bankrupt companies and require disclosure of all pension investments.”—Obama’s Blueprint for Change
“We’ll make sure that if you can demonstrate that you went bankrupt because of medical expenses, then you can relieve that debt and get back on your feet.”—2/13/07, Janesville, Wis.
“Obama will work to eliminate the provision that prevents bankruptcy courts from modifying an individual’s mortgage payments.”—Obama’s Blueprint for Change
Ensure economy works for everyone
Obama promised to “make sure our economy is working for everybody.”—6/2/08, Droy, Mich., Associated Press
Help community and small business development agencies
“Obama will provide additional resources to the federal Community Development Financial Institution Fund, the Small Business Administration and other federal agencies, especially to their local branch offices, to address community needs.”—Obama’s Blueprint for Change

Increase minimum wage every year
“I won’t wait 10 years to raise the minimum wage. I’ll guarantee that it goes up every single year.”—11/7/07, Bettendorf, Iowa
Support unions
“If American workers are being denied their right to organize when I’m in the White House, I will put on a comfortable pair of shoes and I will walk on that picket line with you as president of the United States.”—11.3/07, Spartanburg, S.C.
Try to ban permanent replacement of strikers
“He will work to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers, so workers can stand up for themselves without worrying about losing their livelihoods.”—Obama’s Blueprint for Change
Invest $1 billion in transitional jobs programs
“I will invest $1 billion over five years in innovative transitional jobs programs that have been highly successful at placing the unemployed into temporary jobs and then training them for permanent ones.”—7/18/07, Washington, D.C.
Stand up for working parents
“I’ll be a president who stands up for working parents.”—11/7/07, Bettendorf, Iowa
Require automatic retirement savings plans
“When I’m president, employers will be required to enroll every worker in a direct deposit retirement account that places a small percentage of every paycheck into savings.”—1/29/08, El Dorado, Kan.
Expand Family Medical Leave Act
“I’ll expand the Family Medical Leave Act to include more businesses and millions more workers”—11/7/07, Bettendorf, Iowa
Won’t sign trade pacts lacking labor and environmental standards
“It’s because of this longstanding commitment to working families that I will not sign any trade agreement as president that does not have protections for our environment and protections for American workers.”—2/24/08, Lorain, Ohio
Sign the Employee Free Choice Act
“That [union right to organize] is why I’ll fight for and why I intend to sign the Employee Free Choice Act when it lands on my desk in
I can’t shorten it up…he has promised everything but the kitchen sink to America.

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