What dancing with the devil gets you every time! I have grown to absolutely detest the word "compromise" when applied to government.
This business about compromise reminds me of a joke I once heard.
A Genie made a proposition to an Engineer and a Scientist (both single): You can be in a room with a beautiful woman, lying naked on the bed. Every time you speak, you will get half-way to her. When you first speak, you move five feet, next time 2 1/2 feet and so on.
The Scientist says "No way! I'll never get to her!" The Engineer takes the deal, and says, "After enough words I'll be close enough to get the job done."
Compromising with the Dems, who never budge in the compromise, will eventually get them close enough to get the job done, all they need is for us to constantly compromise while they keep moving the goal post. Ryan is the perfect patsy, just like Boehner before him.