"Dems" and "Pubs" are common shorthand nicknames in the political process. It's not along the lines of the wingnuts calling it the Democrat party (it's the Democratic Party) or the new twist of calling it the Democratic Socialist Party - which is kinda funny in its own sick way.
I not only agree about not repeating the Clinton mistake so early on (and with not one, but count 'em, two war fronts happening to boot, Clinton punted it during peacetime), but I also think that out of the top 5 priorities LGBTXYZ rights come in at about 13 or 14 on the list. Most of that is not up to Obama at any rate, at the most he can make symbolic actions, and the last thing he ought to be doing is anything that is strictly symbolic.
And, I'm going to give him a year before I start to evaluate his score card, its not an easy job to walk into, and he did walk into one hell of a mess - its not like most of that debt, or the collapse of the industrial base is his fault.
In the interim, as in election, get ready for the GOP to sweep out the Dem's in the House, make gains in the Senate, reclaim govenorships and State Houses/Senates.
It's not looking that way yet. In fact, it looks more and more like the 'Pubs are only going to win in the Deep South and some of the center Midwest. They are all but extinct in the Northeast - which by the way is where most of the money, industry and people are. They are a fringe in the Far West, and that's not going to help them win a national election.
