Boehner doesn't 'reject compromise', he's just using another term for it

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from ThinkProgress.org: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/12/13/boehner-reject-compromise/

Boehner told Stahl, adding that it won’t involve compromising, but instead finding “common ground”:

STAHL: But governing means compromising.

BOEHNER: It means working together.

STAHL: It also means compromising.

BOEHNER: It means finding common ground.

STAHL: Okay, is that compromising?

BOEHNER: I made it clear I am not going to compromise on my principles, nor am I going to compromise the will of the American people.

STAHL: What are you saying? You’re saying, “I want common ground, but I’m not gonna compromise.” I don’t understand that. I really don’t.

BOEHNER: When you say the word “compromise,” a lot of Americans look up and go, “Uh oh, they’re gonna sell me out.” And so finding common ground, I think, makes more sense.
Stahl noted that Boehner compromised his position on the Bush tax cuts to get a deal with Obama last week, noting that he had wanted the all the Bush-era tax cuts extended permanently but only got a two-year extension. Boehner again said it wasn’t a compromise. “Why won’t you say you’re afraid of the word,” Stahl asked. “I reject the word,” Boehner said.


so, he 'rejects the word, compromise, in favor of 'finding common ground'. It's amazing how some folks will fall for anything they say, just to slam the President. I heard a commentary today which tried to portray Boehner as some sort of immovable force as opposed to the President, just because he said he 'rejects compromise'.

Each and every appropriations bill he allows to advance will involve 'compromise'. Any legislation that he wants to advance in the legislature will involve compromise; no matter what he calls it.