Candidates Should Quit Making Campaign Promises

by Daniel Schorr, NPR

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr calls for a moratorium on campaign policy promises from the presidential candidates. He says history — and recent statements by campaign advisers for Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama — suggest that the positions candidates take during an election actually say little about what they'll do in office.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, March 12, 2008