Obama's approval rating back in the positive

[homer]

Zucas said:

homer said:

Areym said:

Nice to hear. I like Obama and his cool and relaxed attitude. Sure, he couldn't keep all of his promises but what president has. To me, he's trying and it shows. I would like to see him re-elected and I would vote for him if I could :D

Polk managed to fulfill all of his campaign promises. Now that was a good president.

President Polk campaigned on the foundations of manifest destiny which was the fervor of the time.  He stated with the Oregon territory, which was in dispute at the time with Britain, that he would get all of it for America.  Much of this western expansion fervor is what got him elected over the politically savvy Henry Clay.  However, upon being elected, he didn't get all of the Oregon territory.  Instead compromised with Britain and got about half of it which set up today's boundaries on the northwest region.  Polk was a smart man and he knew he couldn't get all of it so he was smart in compromising.  Was a good decision.  But not what he campaigned under.  So no, he didn't fulfill all of his campaign promises. 

I'm not going to say Polk was a bad president as I think he was pretty decent.  But most presidents don't fulfill all their campaign promises because they realize they can't.  There is always a difference between ones campaigning and ones in the White House.  Luckily he was smart enough to know that as war with Britain wouldn't have been good for America.  

He DID fulfill his campaign promises. He achived manifest destiny, which is what he set out for(along with other things), you even admitted that. Sure, he may not have gotten ALL of the territory, but he DID achieve manifest destiny. For every person who does not know what manifest destiny is, it was a thought that the USA was entitled to the land stretching from coast to coast on NA which(as Zucas said) was a prevalent thought/ feeling at the time.