Oddly, I agree that compromise is necessary.
However, there is no need to compromise a year out of an election when picking your own party's nominee.
And we are not holding lousy cards, we are holding the correct philosophy to make our country strong. If Republicans do not stand for the right policies, what's the point of electing them at all?
Um, because they would be better for the country than the Rats?
I agree that talk of compromise is premature. However, it was caused by the "stay home" crowd who immediately began to wail that they would NEVER support Rudy should he become the Republican nominee.
As I have said many times, if---before the game even starts---some of your teammates are telling you there's a good chance they're going to quit in the fourth quarter if they don't like the gameplan, the rest of the team better start thinking about making adjustments upfront.
I.e., NOW.