What we have not seen from Republicans in any detail and in any sincere way -- certainly not in the legislativeform -- is a proposal that is similar in its request of Republicans that they compromise and make some tough choices.
Serious damage would be done to the balance inherent in our tripartite form of government, in which no single branch (executive, legislative or judicial) is supposed to exert a death grip, or even a choke-hold, on any other.