Before we delve into the particulars of Obama’s broken promises, something must first be said about assessing the relative “badness” of a broken presidential campaign promise in the first place. Clearly all skilled candidates (even those without Obama’s incredible rhetoric) need to paint a glossy picture of the future they’ll be able to provide us as President.

However, not surprisingly, candidates often find it difficult to follow through 100% of the time – even when they want to. Sometimes political expediency and/or the realities of a new day get in the way. Determining the relative “badness” of a broken campaign promise, then, has to do with how blatant, outrageous and unfathomable the betrayal - did the candidate lie, foolishly over-promise, or simply make a mistake? Perhaps a situation changed rendering the execution of a particular promise impossible.

So, four months into his Presidency, Obama is bound to have either forgotten, lost interest in, or even just plain shelved some of the things he vowed to change while he was out stumping for change. Here are a noteworthy few - but check out Politfact.com for a complete list.