` Here we are , several months after he 's been inaugurated , and we 've gotten basically nothing . NEW : White House officials : Obama favors full benefits , but legislation is stalled . Obama extends some benefits to same - sex partners , but not health care . ` ` Nice gesture , but a disappointment , '' says David Goodman , senior editor of The Nation . Some critics show up by pulling out of DNC gay fundraising dinner .
NEW : White House officials : Obama favors full benefits , but legislation is stalled . Obama extends some benefits to same - sex partners , but not health care . ` ` Nice gesture , but a disappointment , '' says David Goodman , senior editor of The Nation . Some critics show up by pulling out of DNC gay fundraising dinner .