Obama said he would wait 5 days for public comment before signing legislation. He still intends to do that: http://www.politifac...before-signing-b/
"During the campaign, the president committed to introducing more sunlight into the lawmaking process by posting nonemergency legislation online for five days before signing it. The president remains committed to bringing more transparency to government, and in this spirit the White House has posted legislation expected to come to the president's desk online for comment. We will be implementing this policy in full soon; currently we are working through implementation procedures and some initial issues with the congressional calendar. In the meantime, we will continue to post legislation on our Web site for comment as it moves through congress over the next few weeks."
That seems a reasonable compromise to me - an important bill that has been working its way through the system for weeks shouldn't need to sit on his desk for 5 days before he can sign it.
BTW, that "promise" by Obama goes back to at least January 3, 2008 (the oldest version at the Wayback Machine) - http://web.archive.o...om/issues/ethics/ Nobody was thinking that the economy would be in free-fall when that was written.
FWIW.
Cheers,
Scott.