No Compromise--Revisitied

Starting with my post on David Broder's lame commentary on Sunday, I have been very critical of any compromise on the nuclear option and the Democratic lawmakers in general; here, here and here. I still think that Broder's column was really lame, but after comments from my friend Bill, a post by Mary at The Left Coaster and by TCF over at The Big Brass Blog I am willing to admit I may have had too little faith in the Democratic leadership.

I don't think my lack of faith is totally unjustified after the last 6 to 8 years but I can see some advantage to making an attempt to negotiate. I believe, however, that it should be done with extreme care. I think the Fristians are backed into a corner on this one. Don't give away too much. The ideal compromise would be one that sounded reasonable was unacceptable or have a large political downside for Frist and company. I still believe that no compromise is a winner but attempted compromise could have some advantages.