The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises

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The Obameter Scorecard

• Promise Kept91

• Compromise33

• Promise Broken14

• Stalled87

• In the Works275

• Not yet rated2

PolitiFact has compiled more than 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter.

We rate their status as Not Yet Rated, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate themPromise Kept, Compromise orPromise Broken.

The report card at right provides an up-to-the-minute tally of all the promises.

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Could Hydrogen Fuel Cells Hit Rails Before Roads?

NPR released an interview last Labor Day weekend:

"Some advocates think hydrogen-powered railroads could jumpstart the hydrogen economy. One fuel-cell locomotive is already undergoing tests. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the possibility of using hydrogen, rather than diesel fuel or electricity, to power trains."

Guests:

Melanie Johnson, research project manager, Fuel Cell Locomotive Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, US Army Corps of Engineers, Champaign, Ill.


Alistair Miller, senior scientific associate, Office of the Principal Scientist, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

Robert Remick, director, Hydrogen Technologies and Systems Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO.