This is more like it.
Remember when President Obama was just candidate Obama, and he was about "Hope" and "Change"? His presidency was going to be all big-picture stuff.
With the exception of healthcare reform, though, it hasn't been.
But as The Times reported Friday, that may be about to change:
White House and congressional negotiators have dived into a three-day marathon of talks to determine whether Democrats and Republicans can strike a grand bargain on taxes and benefit programs to avert a default on the federal debt and curb the nation's huge deficit"?.
At issue are hundreds of billions of dollars a year in taxes and government spending. If the largest deal under discussion is agreed to, it could reshape the government's fiscal picture for years to come, with large political implications for both parties.
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