Compromise with the other side. As for what compromise should entail, 67 favor a mix of spending cuts and tax increases. Thats what they say Real Progress would look like. Keeping them honest, Real Progress is one thing. Washington progress is another. So far at least we see much more of the second than the first, and were getting late new word that any progress might be stalled. More on that shortly. First, a good example of washington progress. Republican lawmakers standing up in a limited way to a beltway power broker named grovier norquist over the 1980s era pledge he pressures them to sign promising not to raise any taxes ever. Im not obligated on the pledge. I made tennesseans aware. I was just elected. The only thing im honoring is the oath i take when i serve when im sworn in this january. Thats senator bob corker and one of the a handful up republican lawmakers repudiating the pledge. Hell join us shortly. Ill ask him to be more specific about whether thats higher tax rates, s