Compromise*:
1. A way of reaching agreement in which each person or group gives up something that was wanted in order to end an argument or dispute.
2. A change that makes something worse and that is not done for a good reason.
If Compromise means each side gives up something, I don't see where Republicans compromised on their continuing resolution offers. Shutting down government, after all, isn't a bargaining chip if both sides want to avoid it, so therein lies the answer:
Republicans are looking to make things worse for no good reason.
* -- Merriam Webster Dictionary
Just in case some people still don't get it, how about a role-reversal where Democrats control the House and Republicans the White House and Senate:
With polls showing Americans in favor of stricter gun control laws but also against using a government shutdown as leverage, House Democrats first pass a continuing budget resolution with new rules requiring comprehensive background checks and bans on automatic assault rifles.
Following the Republican Senate's actions to pull gun restriction rules from their version of the CR, House Democrats come back with a new CR that lasts for just 3 months, but then also requires a 72 hour hold on all gun sales for FBI background checks. House Democrats then come out saying that this is a compromise, adding further that if Senate Republicans and the Republican President reject the CR, they're the ones to blame for the shutdown.
Silly, right? No way would Republicans "compromise", because they know that House Democrats are in fact committing political suicide.
Yet that's exactly what House Republicans (and Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and other conservatives) are trying to tell us.
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