Now, THIS is how you govern a nation

From WaPo:

Pelosi said that Democratic leaders want to demonstrate their effectiveness, and build up some trust with the White House, by tackling legislation that will have bipartisan support. Bush's "innovation agenda," laid out last year in his State of the Union address, has largely lain dormant. Democrats would like to take up Bush's proposals to expand funding for basic research and alternative energy sources such as ethanol, she said.

Democrats would also work with Bush to resurrect his proposed overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, which would pair tough border security measures with new paths to legal work and citizenship for the country's 11 million to 12 million illegal immigrants, Pelosi said. And she is convinced Bush will back a higher minimum wage.

Compromise. It's how this country has lasted as long as it has, how we've kept the same system of government, the same Constitution, for longer than any government in modern history. There are 300 million people in this country - you can't make everyone happy. You can't forget about one half of the country, ignore them like the gops did to us for six years. There is no such thing as utopia, so we can't get everything we want. And compromise - bipartisanship - is what can give us a majority for years to come and the White House in 2008.

Dear Dems, please don't screw this up.