OBAMA AND THE ISSUES: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Rural Promises Lead Obama Far Afield

The president has found that his pledges to rural Americans haven't all been easy to fulfill.

by Jerry Hagstrom

Saturday, May 23, 2009


During the campaign, Barack Obama's rural plan amounted to a hodgepodge of statements to appeal to rural Americans who felt government wasn't serving them well. As president, he's finding it difficult to follow through on some of his commitments.

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