You, on the other hand, can stand in the back holding *all* of your principles clutched tightly in your fist.
Hey, nominate a candidate that's a 50% conservative and I'd be glad to vote for him. There's a difference between compromising and bending over.
If it was up to me alone I'd nominate a candidate that was 100% conservative but that's not the way it works. It's a group effort and I am just a member of the group, as are you, unless you take your football and go home.