"I'll name the compromise candidate. He'll be me. I'll name the compromise platform. It will be our platform."
—Teddy Roosevelt [1] at the stalemated 1912 Republican convention. Back when liberals really had cojones.
Links:
[1] http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950CE4DA153CE633A25752C2A9639C946396D6CF