text: That’s on them. Has nothing to do with my view about standing firm on principle.
  
  By the way, you’ll probably notice that no Democrat/lefty has gotten anywhere in politics by opposing abortion or gay marriage, to choose the hottest buttons I could. Even those who momentarily did – famously Bill Clinton (on the latter) and Barack Obama (both) – pivoted as fast as they could. Oh, sorry, their views “evolved.” Uh huh.
  
  Would you expect any other Democrat to “compromise” on either issue? Of course not. Those principles are ingrained in the ideology. There may be sub-issues dealing with implementation, but not on the foundational concept. To do so would be a tectonic shift.
  
  Similarly, conservatives ought not and need not give ground on wholly defensible principles as lower tax rates to keep relatively more capital in the economy, defense and limited scope of governmental influence in which free people make their own decisions about their needs and priorities.