What does “making a deal” mean ? Which principles do we give up for this “deal” ?
What could McCain possibly promise conservatives that would be palatable ?
Get conservative nominations to SCOTUS but give away amnesty ?
Get WOT in exchange for global warming taxes ?
Get reasonable budget in exchange for more first amendment restrictions ?
Barf on them all. What will we hear 20 years from now ? What do we hear now is an instructive guide.
Reagan gave us the first amnesty. If Reagan thought it was OK, why don’t we ? Reagan didn’t balance budgets - why should we ? And on and on and on, no matter that he had a very liberal Congress to get around.
A McCain president will likely have a liberal Congress as well, and will he stand against his good liberal friends Kennedy, Feingold, Reid, Lieberman, Snowe and so on ?
What does it profit a man if he gains the world but loses his soul ?
The most staunch republicans are responsible for Romney’s
demise by not backing him in the beginning.
We're not talking about my soul here. We're talking about politics.
If you believe that you don't have to compromise in politics, then you're just not going to be at the table when decisions are made about the future of your country. I guess you could decide to do that if you wanted.
What does it profit a man, indeed.