Anyone who is a moderate in America must feel like they are left out in the cold. I'm worried that the art of compromise is being thrown out like the baby with the bathwater.

Certainly this happened to Obama with Health Care in the Senate, with Snowe and others later bragging that thy were NOT negotiating in good faith and only trying top obstruct. Democrat supporters have accused their party of giving away too much in their attempts to compromise. Bruce's post shows why it is pointless to even attempt such compromise. As Olbermann said last night, "The Republicans are playing rugby.   The Democrats are playing ping pong."