Compromise and moderation are not dirty words.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/opinion/the-last-moderate.html?_r=2&src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB

This article sums up what I've been trying to say (mostly unsuccessfully) when discussing politics with someone lately. Gang warfare, divided parties....imagine trying to work in an office that operated this way. Nothing would get done, and no one would want to come to work.