On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my mind, compromise is not necessarily one side agreeing with the > other, its taking the best of both solutions and creating a better > solution. > > To today's politicians, 'compromise' means 'putting up a huge stink > until the other side agrees with me'. > > Sadly, neither side has the ability to think that the other side may > actually have a good idea.
Politicians may be stupid but they aren't dumb. Or is it the other way around? Regardless, they've seen the way that the winds have blown and know that moderates are seeing more and more challenges in the primary from the ideological fringes. Those used to be less common and rarely successful. The last decade though, well, they are happening a lot more often and have been much more successful. So if you want to keep your job as a congress-critter and you know that you'll get challenged from your wing for reaching across party lines and those challenges are increasingly effective, what are you supposed to do? Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328775 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
