Liberal bloggers regularly accuse him of selling out to corporate interests, claiming that he has failed to keep his campaign commitments.
Mr. Obama failed to keep a campaign promise from 2008 to advance legislation to make it easier for workers to unionize and made scant use of the bully pulpit as unions have come under prominent attack in Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan.
He failed to keep a 2008 campaign promise to advance legislation to make it easier for workers to unionize.
Candidates say the amount of public financing — it would be about $85 million per nominee next year — has failed to keep pace not only with campaign costs but also with the potential for private contributions, meaning a candidate who does not seek donations early on risks falling far behind.
Benetton, which in the 1980s became as famous for its colorful knitted sweaters as for its controversial advertising campaigns, failed to keep up with competition from larger chains like Hennes & Mauritz and Zara, and it struggled to keep costs under control.
But instead of launching a parallel strategy to mobilize supporters, most progressive organizations and Organizing for America -- the group created to organize Obama's former campaign volunteers -- failed to keep up.
Arguably, contrary to a popular view, costly military campaign in Donbas failed to keep Ukraine and the Ukrainian population safer.
"Too many states have failed to keep that promise," said Vince Willmore, a spokesman for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Jack Taylor was appointed manager, and failed to keep Leeds out of the relegation zone by the end of the 1959 60 campaign.
Rebecca Prozan, a candidate for District 8 supervisor in San Francisco and an organizer for Mr. Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, has heard gay voters' complaints that the president has failed to keep his promises.
