[patriciaruth]

compromise

I gather you aren't a strategist?

You're the type that marches in red coats in straight lines while the enemy fires from behind the trees?

[Maelstrom]

Not at all, but to bring the spirit of the form of compromise under discussion into your allegory:

The men behind the trees will agree to come out from behind the trees and lay down their weapons in exchange for bayonets and ammunition.

And I'll say it here if I haven't yet: This bill eliminates the Informed Voter by restricting access to vital information on the candidates FOUR MONTHS out of every year. The Informed Voter, that's me, and possibly you, forms a significant part of the Republican base.

BTW: Don't mistake my use of your allegory as anything *but* Clintonesque in nature, if you have problems understanding it.