Obama Progress Watch
Originally posted: 1/20/09 It is easy to forget how things were just a short one year ago, let alone 4 years ago. Promises are forgotten, statistics become fuzzy. Introducing, Obama Watch!! This is a collection of economic vitals and a list of key campaign promises designed to fix our ailing nation. This will be updated on a per-need basis to reflect the most up to date tracking. All data is as of January 20th, 2009 EOD unless stated otherwise. I also recognize the difficult of campaign promises because unlike the data below, they are typically just words. I will track only those that we can measure. Finally, there other sites that are tracking Obama's performance like ( Politifact ), but the list is excessive and includes things like whether or not the family get a puppy. I would prefer instead to focus on more important issues. Economy Inflation : .1% ( Annual measurement for 2008 ) Note: 2007 Inflation rate: 2.8 Unemployment : 7.2% GDP : .52 ( Estimate IMF ) P...