Never. Gonna. Happen.

[Summer Hathaway]

104. Do you understand how negotiation towards compromise works?

It doesn't seem that you do.

It means each side giving something and getting something. It does NOT mean making an offer and a counter-offer where both sides say, "I get everything I want, and you get nothing."

The very idea of compromise is abhorrent to the GOP. They think it's a dirty word, and prefer to act like stubborn children who want everything their way, and have shown they are willing to act like children in that regard. That doesn't mean we should adopt their stance and act as stubborn children ourselves.

Hopefully we are better than that as a party, and we have a president who is, as always, acting like the grown-up in the room for all to see.

Again, not rocket science.

Offering to compromise is NOT "doing the bidding of the Republicans" - not even close.

And if you think that Obama's proposal is a result of "ignoring Democrats", you obviously haven't read it. It contains all kinds of things Democrats have wanted for years - which you would already know, if you were the least bit interested in educating yourself on the matter.