If they compromise, they face a primary challenge that could well cost them their job.
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All they got out of the exhausting pre-Easter talks in Belfast was a joint declaration from Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister, containing phrases that might make it easier for unionists and republicans to compromise without losing face.
Both sides of the aisle were able to save face and compromise, and the economy got the boost it needed.
After the Spanish and British foreign ministers met this week, a face-saving compromise was said still to be possible.
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Mr Wolfensohn first yelled at his staff for landing him in this mess, and is now scrabbling for a face-saving compromise.
Now, Mr Pfauwadel has struck a face-saving compromise.
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So now Republicans in Congress face a simple choice: Are they willing to compromise to protect vital investments in education and health care and national security and all the jobs that depend on them?
The pair had held a series of face-to-face meetings in recent weeks as they attempted to reach a compromise.
And taken at face value, increased OCS access appears to be a significant compromise coming from those who oppose continued use of traditional energy supplies.
Though Mr Trimble is bound to face further pressure from within the ranks of unionism not to compromise too far, he looks genuinely determined to make the agreement work.
If the Republicans quit, refuse to do a deal in the face of what looks like the president being so willing to compromise that he is damaging his reputation with his own party, they will look like ideological hotheads.
The split vote on compromise rules without legal authorization to implement them was a pragmatic decision in the face of more pressing business at the agency.
In announcing the compromise on Wednesday, Manchin noted the proposal meant that firearms buyers at gun shows would face the same background check currently required in sales by federally licensed gun dealers.
Ending the summit he put a brave face on France's diplomatic reverse, calling it a, "good compromise".
On July 6, after an appeals court rejected an EPA compromise that allowed Navistar to keep selling its noncompliant engines with offsetting penalties, Ustian made an about-face, reluctantly embracing the very technology he had spurned for years.
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