No Compromise - Being A Moderate is a Bad Thing

[Drewish]

The inability to compromise will ruin this nation.

Left wing, right wing ... same goddamned turkey.

There are plenty of turkeys to be found in DC, but this sort of statement might imply an inherently equal balance on both sides in terms of their unwillingness to compromise. That would be incorrect; it's known as false balance. Truth is, while both parties have been drifting apart for more than 30 years, but the Republicans are the ones for whom moderation and compromising is now anathema, distinctly more so than it is for the Democrats.

Nevermind my opinion though, read some quantifiable data on the subject:
http://www.voteview.com/political_polarization.asp
http://www.voteview.com/
http://www.voteview.com/polarizedamerica.asp

This is true. For the Democrats to disdain compromise they'd have to actually stand for something.

[Ian]

How clever.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

How clever.

Same old song and dance.