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People who have given up. it is tough to count themle. the list of broken promises is wrong. candidate obama pledged to end closed door sweet heart deals and no bid contracts once and for all but just last month his administration awarded a $25 million no bid contract to a democrat donor. that hope, nope, it's not -- is that hope? nope. it's not hope. ha is the same old same old in washington, d.c. and instead of changing the way washington does business, we got the cornhusker kickback and the louisiana purchase and millions of tax breaks for union boss escaped' desires. the ban on lobby wrist...

You make a valid point. if you want to say this violates the basis on which this administration came into office and campaigned, fair enough, unquote. >> it was very surprising to have the administration actually admit that they had violated a key campaign pledge. i think that no bid contracts by the government are always a bad idea. >> a spokesman for senator clair mccaskill, the missouri democrat who chair as subcommittee on government contracting told fox news today she is continuing to investigate the circumstances behind this contract. in washington, james rosen, fox news. >> bret: we'll ...

The cecchi a week ago. they say it was unrelated to fox news reporting that it was based on the fact that a rival firm had launched a protest that was improperly overlooked by the contracting officer in kabul. when fox news contacted them a week ago they made no mention of the ard protest or the contract's. instead defended the contract as proper. >> back in 2008. >> i will defend the abuse of no big contracts. the days of big sweet deals of halliburton will be over when i am in the white house. >> candidate obama vowed to break down on no bid contracts. >> in some cases contracts are awarded ...

Reporting about it also admitted you make a valid point. if you want to say this violates the basis on which this administration came into office and campaigned, fair enough, unquote. >> it was very surprising to have the administration actually admit that they had violated a key campaign pledge. i think that no bid contracts by the government are always a bad idea. >> a spokesman for senator clair mccaskill, the missouri democrat who chair as subcommittee on government contracting told fox news today she is continuing to investigate the circumstances behind this contract. in washington, james...

>> -- fox news broke the news of the cecchi a week ago. they say it was unrelated to fox news reporting that it was based on the fact that a rival firm had launched a protest that was improperly overlooked by the contracting officer in kabul. when fox news contacted them a week ago they made no mention of the ard protest or the contract's. instead defended the contract as proper. >> back in 2008. >> i will defend the abuse of no big contracts. the days of big sweet deals of halliburton will be over when i am in the white house. >> candidate obama vowed to break down on no bid contracts. >> in ...