"As long as you stick to your principles, compromise is not a dirty word." -- Chris Christie.
"This is not some damn game." -- John Boehner
GOP Obamaphobes, listen up. Compromise has become a dirty word to the hard core of do-it-my-way-or-elsers who demand negotiation over things that are not negotiable.
Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey gained a reputation as a bully for his forceful manner of politics but later changed his approach after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the New Jersey Shore. Christie embraced the President Obama and the federal government's ability and willingness to help the recovery and rebuilding effort.
Speaker of the House John Boehner is right when he said the dispute over the budget and the debt ceiling, linking both to health care, is not a game. At least it shouldn't be. But why are so many of the players trying to score points against the opposition so they can win?
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