This needs to be said more often

In today’s piece, Paul Krugman sounds off on Barack Obama’s not so bright plan to stoke Social Security hysteria. And while that is a valid topic for discussion, he also touched on a much more important message:

But Mr. Obama’s Social Security mistake was, in fact, exactly what you’d expect from a candidate who promises to transcend partisanship in an age when that’s neither possible nor desirable [emphasis mine].

That is exactly right. The Right has no inclination to compromise and damn few honest brokers with which the Left can actually negotiate. If you need convincing of that, there is ample evidence. Mike Pence’s comments yesterday illustrate that the people he serves are not flexible, rational actors and therefore cannot be partners. When the President signs a $40 billion increase in defense spending and vetoes a $10 billion increase in health and education, where are progressives supposed to find common ground?

So, in less noble language than Krugman uses, I say fuck ‘em. It is high time the Republicans moved to meet the Democrats rather than the other way around.