Quote:What if a politician gets into office and finds out that unless he compromises, he can't fulfill any of his promises, but if he compromises, he can fulfill half his promises. What should he do?

 

Obviously you didn't answer my question.

 

As far as your question.  Compromise with whom exactly?  Compromise with the opposing party or compromise with the "leaders" (establishment) of his party?  Ideally, the politician should stand by their point-of-view that got them elected and should not really compromise with either to get that done.

 

Going back to my previous example, if a bill is introduced that raises taxes on widgets, then the politician should refuse it because he ran and made a promise not to raise taxes on widgets.

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