Compromise is not a bad thing. It's necessity. BUT....

1)Compromise is not the same as moving in the wrong direction. TPP is an example of moving in the wrong direction.

2)In negotiations you start with what you really want....and then move toward some point in the middle with the opposition. It does not mean starting by accepting GOP propositions....and/or starting by asking for 50 percent of what you want.

3) Compromise ios not padding your own wallet with loot from the corporations and handing power power to the interests you are supposed to be controlling and regulating.

3)There is no compromise with crooks who tanked the economy for personal and corporate benefit. You don't "compromise" with pirates who want to gut the middle class and repress the poor simply to add a few more points to their corporate bottom line, goose their investment capital, or gain a few million more to their personal wealth by shafting consumers and their employees.