“We really
don’t have 218 votes to determine a bathroom break over here on our
side,” said Representative Charlie Dent, a Pennsylvania Republican. “So
how are we going to get 218 votes on transportation, or trade, or
whatever the issue? We might as well face the political reality of our
circumstances and then act accordingly.”
Acting accordingly would
mean actually working with Democrats instead of demanding the
opposition get absolutely nothing in return for their votes. But
compromise is how things get done and Establishment Republicans know
this:
Representative Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma and a close ally of Mr. Boehner, said he hoped his colleagues had learned to “stop making the perfect the enemy of the good.”“You make the progress and the deals you can,” Mr. Cole said. “You’re going to have to bargain, and that means the other side has to get something, and in this House, you have to understand that beating on the table and yelling doesn’t turn 54 into 60.”
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