No. No. No. And hell, No.

Compromise was not always a dirty word for conservatives. Ronald Reagan - so idolized by Pence that he has perfected a Reaganesque head-tilt while speaking - compromised with the Democrats on Social Security and taxes. American Democracy couldn't function without compromise.

But now there is nobody to stand up to the take-no-prisoners caucus, led by Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), who has floated the notion of impeaching Obama because she doesn't like his policies, and Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.), who threatens to leave the GOP if his colleagues don't pursue his biblical-law agenda.