"I've seen a lot of these pledges, and they are about political advantage, not about results," said Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, an advocacy group that lobbies for tighter campaign finance restrictions.
On the contrary, it has a lot of spending pledges.
It was all very exciting then, and a lot of people pledged a lot of money to staff the office, fund the research and build the network.
[C5.] A New Chief at Trade Group Supachai Panitchpakdi, left, a Thai economist, will take over as director general of the World Trade Organization, a fractious lot of countries pledged to the same end -- free trade -- but divided over how to achieve it.
Democrats, meanwhile, made a lot of noise, pledging to vigorously oppose her nomination at a protest outside Capitol Hill Monday night and holding the Senate floor with an all-night talk-a-thon.
But now inflation and recession are biting chunky holes in council budgets, cuts are having to be made and a lot of the election pledges of the Scottish National Party SNPP) are being binned.
"A lot of money was pledged for projects and infrastructure/Schools, hospitals, buildings, houses/but the sons of dogs swallowed it in their big bellies".
Starting next month, he will give those tactical skills a good workout when he becomes director general of the World Trade Organization, a fractious lot of countries all pledged to the same end -- global free trade -- but always divided over how to achieve it.
