the popular narrative is we sought compromise in a quixotic quest. we sought out compromise because a failure to get funding of the government last spring and then an extension of the debt. we were in a position of legislative compromise by necessity. that phase is behind us." the mythical class warfare that republicans imagine has broken out simply because the president has suggested that millionaires should pay a higher tax rate, higher tax rate than their assistants has a new defector. the rich already lost their superhero, warren buffett, to the other side. in indeed, the president named his tax notion the buffett rule after he revealed he paid a lower tax rate than many of his middle class employees. a billionaire wrote on his blog while some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, i