There is room for compromise; in politics, there has to be
The Right has tried compromise so regularly that it's become an expectation of the Left, and the real effect is that only the Left's side of the compromise is enacted.
But we cannot continue down the path of a Left that does nothing but drive people out of work and into the government’s nannycare. We cannot continue to intentionally shrink the private sector and grow the public sector.
Mr. DiLeo, haven't you caught on yet that this is exactly the intention of the Left? Step out of the Reagan years, sir, for we shall never see them again.
No, workerbee, the problem is that the right compromised too often, it’s that the right hasn’t approached compromise correctly.
Giving in entirely isn’t compromise, it’s capitulation. That’s what the moderate GOP did for generations under leaders like Gerry Ford and Bob Michel.
But if you aren’t willing to compromise at all, you look like the villains to the uneducated middle - the so-called independents who decide elections.
So we have to use compromise correctly: did you see my example in the paragraph you quoted from? In that example, I propose getting 80% of what we want, and granting what they want as the 20% in exchange.
We need to view compromise the way that the left does - get most of what you want, while throwing a popular bone to the other side.
You HAVE to compromise in politics, but you have to know how.