Way Different Objectives

From the Huffington Post:

OBAMA YESTERDAY: ‘WE MUST FIND COMMON GROUND TO MAKE PROGRESS’

GOP SENATE LEADER TODAY: DUMPING OBAMA IS MY HIGHEST PRIORITY

Now who is taking the high road?  Certainly not Ed Schultz: 

Ed Schultz: Obama Stands Passively Mute While Republicans Walk Him Like A Dog

What ever happened to people setting goals and compromising on their way to implementing the goals?

O’Connell needs to develop some diplomacy.  If all he is going to do try to undermind the President, then he might as well just have at it now. 

So is Obama being a lapdog in suggesting that compromise is needed?  Is that a sign of weakness?