Actually, I disagree; one of the reasons we're here today is the failure on the part of the "real, true" conservatives NOT to compromise.
Ronald Reagan was the consummate deal maker. He was always willing to take what he could get and go back until he got what he wanted. Many who post on this forum don't know jack about Reagan. Many don't know the potholes he stepped in. The mistakes he made.
I knew what I was getting when I voted for Bush and I can see nothing in his policies that contradict what he ran on. The most important thing he had was his integrity. The Dems have hammered on that public perception for six years. Finally it stuck. I cannot remember very many Republicans coming forward to defend his honor. He was too much of a (whatever) to do it himself. Shame on the Republicans on TV, the Republicans in Congress. They basically have stood by for six years while a good man was dragged through the mud.
We should debate policy vigorously, but the way the Pubbies have sat back and allowed out CIC to be called every vile name in the book is worse than just wrong.