Why the president does not fulfill his campaign promises?

Answer 1

While you are asking this about President Obama, you could also ask it about every other candidate for president: throughout history, presidential candidates have made big promises to their supporters. In some cases, the promises were sincere, and the candidate genuinely hoped to achieve them once he was elected. But at other times, it seems some candidates wanted so badly to be elected that they said what they knew voters wanted to hear, whether their promises were realistic, or whether they were impossible to keep. I am sure Mr. Obama intended to do much of what he promised, but there are many factors that keep a president from turning promises into policy. If congress refuses to cooperate, for example, or if public opinion is against a certain policy, the president's promises may remain impossible to achieve.

Based on what I know about Mr. Obama, I believe he came to Washington convinced that he would be able to win congress over, and determined to move his priorities forward. He did not expect total obstruction from the Republicans in congress, and many of his priorities were stalled as a result. His supporters would say he still managed to achieve quite a lot, whereas his detractors would say he lied to the American public or his leadership was ineffective. In either case, the truth is that no president gets everything he wants, and no president is able to keep every promise he made out on the campaign trail.

Answer 2

People running for president make promises which only Congress can carry out. The President has only advisory power on most matters such as the economy, the military, taxes, government spending, the budget and many other things. Sometimes a president realizes that some of his promises have considerable opposition and so waits for better times which never come.