Page 24 - Compromise Position News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Republicans. talk about a bad date. >> i certainly agree on that one. >> to get to your point, i assumed when i heard there was opposition to the start treaty there must be legitimate concerns. i asked around and i'm convinced by the people i've spoken with who are knowledgeable certainly with this particular treaty that it is important to do it. on the tax issue alone, let's just say, let me be wild and crazy and propose a compromise that seems to be, you know, the republicans are using this as leverage obviously, doing it rather successfully, but you know what why not say, we're going to do ...

>> to get to your point, i assumed when i heard there was opposition to the start treaty there must be legitimate concerns. i asked around and i'm convinced by the people i've spoken with who are knowledgeable certainly with this particular treaty that it is important to do it. on the tax issue alone, let's just say, let me be wild and crazy and propose a compromise that seems to be, you know, the republicans are using this as leverage obviously, doing it rather successfully, but you know what why not say, we're going to do what's best for the country and let's find a compromise position? one ...

President's healthcare plan. >> reporter: not at all. megyn: they say the timing of it having the vote today as opposed in november may help those who support healthcare. but there are similar referendum tph-s other states, steve. >> reporter: there are. the reason why this is happening in the primary time in this particular state is because as we've been told the democrats in the state legislature, as a compromise position as to having a head-to-head battle on the november ballot, the compromise is put it on the primary ballot so you don't have a wedge issue. other states will have such refer...

On "don't ask, don't tell" was made. there is a younger david gergen. he's joining us with some insight. take us inside the room when president clinton made that decision to accept that compromise. >> it was an agonizing evening at the white house, wolf, very late as i recall. another late night with bill clinton, but he had campaigned -- it wasn't much of an issue in the '92 campaign, for lifting the prohibition, and then just after he was elected, in answer to a press conference, that he did intend as president to lift the ban, and all hell broke loose. so there was a period just after he wa...

Latest updates on this topic from reliable sources.