“Meeting them halfway” is ludicrous when they keep scooting left.
I agree. Its what too many of our Repubs do, though. No matter how crazy left the Dems go, you'll find Repubs trying to reach across the aisle, trying to be bipartisan, trying to find common cause, and on and on. Except during election season, when they suddenly get their conservative principles out of cold storage until after they are reelected.
Guys like McCain, and Graham, and I think Romney too.