OK, you stupid hippies. Because you are so stupid and always saying Democrats should stand firm for their principles, even when you're told it is "f---ing retarded" to do so, the Society for Human Resource Management/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has gone out and surveyed the issue for you.
And boy, are you ever stupid, you stupid stupids:
The survey found 49 percent of all respondents "admire political leaders who stick to their positions without compromising." The survey also found that just 42 percent "admire political leaders who make compromises with people they disagree with."
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Sixty-two percent of Republicans said they favored non-compromising politicians compared to 54 percent of Democrats who backed compromisers. Independents sided with non-compromisers, 53-40 percent.
So the good news is that Democrats prefer compromises, which means that the White House and Congressional Dems have been playing to their base all along! And what does the base want? Compromise with the people who won't compromise and don't respect people who do! And so what have DC Dems been doing unfailingly, with what one might call an almost uncompromising devotion? Why, compromising, of course!
And here you were, being stupid, and saying they weren't paying attention to the base! Don't you feel even stupider for being so stupid? What a stupid stupidhead you are!
Now, go on! Get halfway out there and do some but not all of what needs to be done! We'll have part of your back, unless the other side asks us to leave you vulnerable, or possibly stab you ourselves as a sign of good faith.