Reply #49: Compromise is not necessarily a sign of cowardice [View All]

[aaronnyc]

As a minority Party in a two party system, we have no choice but to compromise when the opportunity presents itself. If we had allowed the Repubs to get rid of the filibuster, we wouldn't have had any ground to stand on the future; the GOP would have controlled everything. I would have been furious if DNC leadership had allowed the filibuster to die, because they were too concerned with standing on principle.

BTW, I think the fact that the right-wing of the GOP hates the deal is indicative of the fact that we did not cave in to the Republicans.