I'll be brief here, but we are passing up a great opportunity with respect to very good policy that gets clouded in debate, where the power of words instead of abbreviations can work wonders in passing these very important policies.
See how the Bush administration and the right used "No Child Left Behind", "Help America Vote Act", "Clear Skies Initiative" and even the "USA PATRIOT Act" (which I know is an abbreviation but it still accomplished what it needed to by taking advantage of the abbreviation) in order to convince the American public that these were policies that needed to be passed.
After all, they could have called it the "Cute cuddly puppy Act", which would have mandated dogfighting, and would have had a huge edge in the PR war.
The thing about many progressive policies nowadays is that they are what most of Americans already want or can be swayed towards supporting. But when we use terms like "EFCA" or "SCHIP" or even "ANWR" instead of using words like "Employee Free Choice", "Children's Health Insurance", "National Wildlife Reserve" or whatever else gets lost in the abbreviation - we lose a chance to win people over just with the title of the bill or act.
We on the left should take more notice of how the power of words and framing can offset and even negate the massive right wing noise machine that is still kicking in high gear with lies, strawmen and ad hominem attacks.
The beauty here is that, unlike the right, who had to use fancy frames and catchy titles to pass bad policy that was usually the exact opposite of what the title said, we can use it to pass GOOD policy that is supported and much needed.
Don't underestimate the power of words and how they can help us (as well as Obama and the Congress) get much needed legislation passed and move the country forward - especially when these policies are pretty much only opposed by the same minority that just got their butts handed to them in two successive elections.