Pork is King in Obama Era

Despite his lofty campaign promises, our President Barack Obama folded fast on earmark reform. The Politico, "Reform Lite":

“The president’s rhetoric is impressive, but his statement affirms we will continue to do business as usual in Washington,” said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has led the fight against earmarks. “The President could have resolved this issue in one statement – no more unauthorized pork barrel projects – and pledged to use his veto pen to stop them. This is an opportunity missed.” [snip]

Gone from the president’s remarks was his campaign pledge to go through the budget “line-by-line” and a promise, still on the White House website, to “slash earmarks to no greater than 1994 levels.”

And for now he’s signing into law – sometime today and likely out of public view – a catch-all $410 billion spending bill held over from last year that includes almost 8,000 earmarks

Our president signed the bill in secret--what, no acropolis-like setting? Pork is king and the people lack principled leadership.