Compromise

I'm Voting Against the Other Guy

Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Polls, Responsibility, Candidates and Choice, Maturity, Super PACs, Compromise, Making a Difference, Lawrence O'Donnell, Political Ideologues, Andy Newman, Influence Peddlers, Career Politicians, Political Propaganda, Voting, Public-Apathy, Gerald Ford, Newsweek, Politics News
Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen

If maturity and compromise are essential to a democracy as we were taught in school, then as the old Chinese Proverb has it, "If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed."

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Let Go Of Being Right

Sophie Keller | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Breakup, Sophie Keller, How Happy Is Your Marriage, Divorce, Marriage Advice, Life Lessons, Compromise, Relationship Advice, Lessons-From-Children, Video, Women News
Sophie Keller

When you're in a disagreement, ask yourself if it's more important to be "right" or to make your relationship work.

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Forget Compromise, Do this Instead

Sophie Keller | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Sophie Keller, How Happy Is Your Marriage?, Compromise, Relationship Advice, Compromising, Marriage Advice, Getting What You Want, Love Advice, Video, Women News
Sophie Keller

In the same way that the word compromise suggests taking away what I wish for, the word agreement suggests I am freely coming to a decision with my partner that works for both of us.

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On the "Death" of the Super Committee

Dan Glickman | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Supercommittee, Super Committee, Super Committee Fail, Compromise, Bipartisanship, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News
Dan Glickman

Maybe the only real solution to all of this is for the public to take the 2012 elections very, very seriously, and send a more definable mandate to the politicians on the decisions they are entrusted to make.

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You Can't Get There From Here

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Compromise, American Jobs Act, Bi-Partisanship, Gridlock, Traffic, Congressional Dysfunction, Veterans Jobs Bill, Politics News
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

Compromise was on the wane in our nation's Capitol before the elections of 2010. It has become virtually non-existent since.

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Former DNC Chairman Ed Rendell on Intransigent Politicians, Compromise, and Occupy Wall Street

Matt Bieber | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Compromise, Ed Rendell, Occupy Wall Street, Political Discourse, Bob Dole, Politics News
Matt Bieber

ED RENDELL: The vast majority of the American people, 70 percent-plus, want the government to work together and compromise.

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We Can Do Better Than This - A Third Alternative

Stephen R. Covey | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Compromise, Class Warfare, The 3rd Alternative, Politics News
Stephen R. Covey

In any conflict, the 1st Alternative is my way, and the 2nd Alternative is your way. The usual outcomes are either a war or a compromise. Compromise stops the fight -- but without breaking through to amazing new results. A 3rd Alternative is that kind of breakthrough.

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"Compromise" a Four Letter Word?

Kathy Kemper | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Political Gridlock, Compromise, Gridlock, Politics News
Kathy Kemper

What will it take for people to realize that compromise doesn't necessarily mean caving in and that common ground is necessary to achieve anything worthwhile?

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Memo to Members of the Budget Super Committee: You Have a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity

Michael J. O'Neil | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Taxes, Compromise, Congress, Tax Expenditures, Social Security, Super Committee, Budget, Business News
Michael J. O'Neil

This Super Committee has what may be a once in a lifetime opportunity to fix a corrupt and cumbersome system that distorts economic incentives and leaves almost everyone feeling cheated.

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Democracy With No Center Is a Zero

Peter Samuelson | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Third Party, Polarization, Tea Party, Compromise, Democracy, Democratic Party, Centrist Politics, Republican Party, Extremism, Politics News
Peter Samuelson

Democracy is a rare and precious flower and it has allowed more progress for more people than any other system ever invented. But it is fragile. You can't yell too much. You can't demonize those who disagree with you.

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Lessons From the Debt Ceiling Crisis: Bipartisanship in the Tea Party Era

Bradford Kane | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: White House, House of Representatives, Mitch McConnell, President Obama, Debt Ceiling, John Boehner, Economy, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Compromise, Credit Rating Agencies, Gang of Six, Congress, Democrats, House Republicans, Eric Cantor, Barack Obama, Fiscal Policy, Government, Obama White House, Tea Party Movement, Politics, Simpson-Bowles, Harry Reid, Bipartisanship, Tea Party, Senate, Republicans, Politics News
Bradford Kane

The Tea Party displays the power of a sizable extremist faction to reject bipartisanship and impose its demands at any cost, in this case jeopardizing the nation's credit rating and overall economy, with ominous future implications.

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Jobs: A Grand Bargain

Brent Budowsky | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Leadership, Hoarding Cash, Leadership Lack, Unemployment, Great Generation, Asset Repatriation, Economic Crisis, Tax Avoidance, Compromise, Jobs, Jobless, Obstruction, Exporting Jobs, Short Term Thinking, Partisanship, Ideology, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

America is a nation of Great Generation citizens, a lost generation of workers and a failed generation of self-centered and small-minded operators in business, government and finance who appear incapable of leading.

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Calling It Like I See It: Congress, the Tea Party, and the Way Forward

Sen. Mark Udall | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Mark Udall, Compromise, Co Senate 2010, Debt Ceiling, Tea Party, Politics News
Sen. Mark Udall

I understand many of my Republican colleagues in Washington are feeling pressure from within their party not to compromise. We need our friends across the aisle to stand with the American people in these difficult times -- not just with their party.

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Is John Kasich Hearing Whispers?

Dan Bimrose | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Referendum to Repeal, Senate Bill 5, Compromise, We Are Ohio, Ohio Governor, sb5, John Kasich, Politics News
Dan Bimrose

Senate Bill 5 essentially kills collective bargaining rights for members of public unions. If SB5 stays on the ballot in November, Democrats statewide should receive a great boost in turnout from typical Democratic voters.

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Compromise Is Made Of Mutual Concessions

Rabbi Samuel April | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Elections 2012, Compromise, Debt Ceiling, Congress, Obama, Tower of Babel, Tea Party, Religion News
Rabbi Samuel April

A compromise, by definition, involves two parties making concessions to achieve a desired result. (It means each side promises with the other.)

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A Safe Crossing

Jonathan Richards | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Compromise, Budget Compromise, Obama Tax Cut Compromise, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jonathan Richards

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Friday Talking Points -- More Tea, Anyone?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.05.2011

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Chris Weigant

With the conclusion of the debt ceiling "crisis," the media pivoted swiftly to their standard larger questions (to them, at any rate) about any politi...

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Interview: White House's Dan Pfeiffer on How Twitter Pressured Congress to Act on Debt Ceiling Bill

Shira Lazar | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Rachel Sklar, Whitehouse, Dan Pfeiffer, Shiralazar, Whatstrending, Jeff Jarvis, Compromise, Shira Lazar, Technology News
Shira Lazar

On Friday, President Obama urged citizens to tweet their congressmen and women using the hashtag "#compromise." In the 48 hours after the president's call to action, the hashtag was used more than 22 thousand times, and reached an estimated 36 million users.

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Business Must Understand U.S. Individualism and Conflicting Visions

Brad Reid | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Compromise, Business, New Deal, Competing Visions, Adam Smith, International Confidence, Individualism, Business News
Brad Reid

The debt ceiling debate is a small part a much larger clash of opposed visions about the relative roles of the public and private spheres of influence.

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Budget Bullying

Joel Weinberger | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Taxes, House of Representatives, Congress, Budget Cuts, Economy, Bullying, President Obama, Compromise, Deficit Reduction, Barack Obama, Federal Budget, Deficit, Senate, Federal Budget Deficit, Revenue, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News
Joel Weinberger

So let me see if I understand this. The Democrats control the presidency and the Senate. The Republicans control the House. Obama inherited a fisca...

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Compromises, Compromises

Carolita Johnson | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Humor, John Boehner, Tax Cuts, Pensions, Compromise, Fat Cats, Social Security Benefits, Politics News
Carolita Johnson

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Obama's Speech Potential Game-Changer... But Only if He Follows Through

Paul Abrams | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Debt-Ceiling, 14th Amendment, Compromise, Bipartisanship, Government, Democrats, Politics News
Paul Abrams

President Obama, finally, did what I had thought he would do on all big issues when I supported and worked for his election: he went over the heads of Congress and the DC-elite and appealed directly for public pressure.

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Praising the Hostage Takers: Will Obama Ever Hold the Republicans Accountable?

Paul Loeb | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Taxes, Polls, Obama Bush Tax Cuts, Debt Ceiling, National Debt, Debt, Compromise, Obama, Community Organizing, Republicans, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Paul Loeb

President Obama has forgotten the basic lesson of negotiation -- you don't hand everything over before you start, particularly to people who have utter contempt for your values and goals.

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The Economy Wants Stability and a Debt Deal, Not Special Interests

Duncan Quirk | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, House of Representatives, Senate, Debt Crisis, No Labels, Compromise, Jobs, Gang of Six, Politics News
Duncan Quirk

The NFL struck a deal, why can't our government? A solution that does not keep the status quo, but eases change and compromises between spending cuts and increased revenues is necessary now.

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Harry Reid Fights for Jobs and Debt Ceiling Sanity

Brent Budowsky | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Harry Reid, Timothy Geithner, Congress, Barack Obama, Henry Clay, Bush Tax Cuts, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Default, Compromise, Michael Bloomberg, Partisanship, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

The lesson for Democrats in 2012 was taught by Harry Reid in 2010, who fought back ferociously and obliterated Sharron Angle to be reelected.

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