well-lubricated lobbyists and people who decide the story of the day in many ways. i think our job as reporters moving forward is to look closely at this tax bill, try to understand why is it that tax cuts for the rich extend out for two years, but unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cut which may be a back door entry into cutting social security lasts for 13 months. i think we need to look hard at it because it s going to be with us, and the trojan horse lead interesting spending cuts which will cause more economic pain in a country that gets too little coverage by inside-the-beltway press. speaking of inside-the-beltway press, conservative columnist charles krautheimer hasn t had much good to say about president obama. he has written two columns calling him the comeback kid, saying he came out on top in this compromise. i haven t heard that from many other conservatives in o your side. it is one of the views of the conservative opponents who peel