It has lostthe old meaning over the years with a lot of people. Rush considers it a silly euphemism for liberal.
I like Paul Ryan’s “progressivist” tag for them. It takes away the most of the fake “forward-looking” sense that lefties want the word “progressive” to convey.
I don't apply that to Obama, however. He is just a shiftless, opportunistic puppet that was selected to represent the movement. That's why he and Michele are behaving like ghetto trash that just won the lottery.