Do you think Barack Obama has overreached?

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When Barack Obama first campaigned for office he had a huge list of things he wanted to get done which he stressed was "change" or "hope" for America. Some of the things were health care, refocusing the "War on Terror", the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, more money for education programs (free or reduced fees for college) along with several other stances he broadcasted repeatedly. Think about these programs and what he promised and now let's look at if he's actually accomplished them. Starting with the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, though president Obama has been an advocate for gay/lesbian rights, he hasn't actually said that he supports gay marriage. This issue has also taken a backseat to the other big issues we hear about on the news today. The health care bill hasn't even been passed though the Senate yet, despite having a filibuster proof majority. A filibuster is when you talk or debate a bill to death as there are no time limits for debate. A filibuster proof majority is having 60 members vote to end debate, also known as cloture. This will probably get passed as the democrat majority needs to look like it actually achieved something in order to remain in power. I feel however that the midterm elections will create a Republican swing in Congress, possibly making the Senate a Republican majority. We all heard about how Obama wanted to bring troops home, but his main point that not many people focused on was his "refocusing the War on Terror". As the national press conference was on the TV yesterday, most of you heard about how he wants to escalate troops in Afghanistan by 30,000. This would put the troop count at over 100,000 total in just Afghanistan alone. Though he set a time frame for their return (18 months), I'd like to remind you of Bush's promise to return the troops home in 16 months. It just won't happen. With education comes the national debt. We're currently $12,000,000,000,000 or twelve trillion dollars in debt. It sounds terrible, but when considering the United States has a GDP of $14 trillion, it's not that bad. Most people have debts from college which are insanely huge compared to their income. 10% of our national income alone goes towards paying interest though, solely interest. How can Obama expect to pay for college tuitions when he can't even balance out the nation budget? I think he's grossly overreached with too many promises during his campaign. Even with a democratic majority in the House, Senate, and executive branch, he failed to pass anything significant other than Cash-for-Clunkers and the stimulus plan (which both put us further into debt). That's just my opinion though. What do you think?