Is this "passivity" a critique or praise of Obama? Not to go too far off-topic, but... Despite the economy and foreign policy being by far the most important i

Is this "passivity" a critique or praise of Obama? Not to go too far off-topic, but... Despite the economy and foreign policy being by far the most important issue throughout his presidency, his administration has been quite active and successful on LGBT issues. They've repealed DADT, changed the rules for LGBT in foreign service and passed Matthew Shepard hate crimes legislation. He's done all this without making LGBT issues a public spectacle, with a Congress that hates him and a public that hasn't made up its mind. It's for these reasons that HRC provides its full-throated support for Obama. Again -- I'm sorry for derailing the SOPA discussion, but we should keep our facts and impressions well-founded or our primary arguments will fall flat.