[pmoriarty]

This reminds me of a comic strip I saw during Obama's term, when he was hailed as a great compromiser.

It showed Obama standing opposite a Republican, and the Republican saying:

"If you take a step towards me, I'll take a step towards you."

So Obama takes a step towards the Republican, who doesn't move and just says again:

"If you take a step towards me, I'll take a step towards you."

[minsc_and_boo]

AKA shifting the Overton Window:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

[moistly]

Alas, the young do not recognize how very far the window has shifted, because they weren’t around twenty, thirty, forty years ago.