Top 10 most obscure Obama campaign promises

Chain email

And every man must grow a Fidel Castro beard

Says the Obama administration plans to ban all weapons for U.S. citizens through international treaties.

Promise: Work for the release of international dissidents

Update: U.S. has helped many dissidents, though not all, go free

Promise: Call for a consultative group of congressional leaders on national security

Update: "Consultative" foreign policy group never named

Bob Goodlatte

Kernels of truth

"The Agriculture Department estimates that roughly 42 percent of the corn crop will be used to make ethanol -- more than the amount of corn used to feed livestock and poultry."

Promise: Invest in transitional jobs and career pathway programs

Update: A variety of programs established in several cabinet departments

Promise: Require full disclosure of company pension investments to employees

Update: No new pension investments disclosures required for participants, but transparency improves on other fronts

Promise: Establish regulations to secure chemical plants

Update: Despite administration efforts, Congress still balking at new regulations

Promise: Improve recruitment of public health workers

Update: Affordable Care Act invests in public health workforce

Promise: We will crush al-Qaida

Update: Al-Qaida's core is weakened, but some affiliates are growing

Mike DeWine

Emerging drug a growing problem in Ohio

"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."

Todd Hunter

Investment tax affecting very few

Says real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare.

Promise: Create clean coal partnerships

Update: Despite notable hurdles, plants that sequester carbon are advancing

Promise: Send first-time nonviolent drug offenders to rehab if appropriate

Update: Clear emphasis on drug treatment approaches

Promise: Enhance drug courts

Update: Drug courts are expanding, though not in federal system

Promise: Attract more doctors to rural areas

Update: Obama administration initiatives add doctors in rural areas

Alan Grayson

A huge company with lots of employees

Says Walmart employees represent the largest group of Medicaid and food stamp recipients in many states, costing the taxpayer $1,000 per worker.

Promise: Press China to end its support for regimes in Sudan, Burma, Iran and Zimbabwe

Update: Progress on Sudan, Iran, Burma, but not so much in Zimbabwe

Promise: Provide easy-to-understand comparisons of the Medicare prescription drug plans

Update: Drug plans are easier to compare

Promise: Reform the Small Business Administration's ability to respond after disasters

Update: A streamlined loan application, but continuing administrative problems

Promise: Offer prizes for advances in consumer technology

Update: Challenge.gov doles out prize money for myriad ideas