ronald reagan had situations where he was fashioning majorities on the other side and he got the votes. he went out an clawed them and put it together. ronald reagan compromised. government works when people compromise. anyone whether you re liberal, conservative, moderate, democrat or republican, a automatic sesful president is defined on whether government works. people didn t go out and want republicans, they wanted the government to work again. he needs to make more and more, louder and louder. hopefully democrats in the house and the senate, as they try to bring around recalcitrant democrats the complaint of the left is they didn t fight hard enough. we lost 60-plus seats in the house. there s an election you can t overlook, backdrop that is impending. if he hadn t done it now, a worse set of circumstances, if not a worse deal might have emerged come january or february. he did fight. we fought in the elections and voters spoke. they want washington to work. i applaud the