GOP's DeMint: Obama Coming Around on Tax Cuts  This year's lame
duck session of Congress is turning into more of an excited
goose, as both political parties have engaged in recent days in
lively public negotiations over federal spending, unemployment
benefits and nuclear weapons disarmament.  But foremost on the
agenda is the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts and Republican
leaders appear to be successfully wielding leverage to have the
cuts extended across the board, reports CBS News correspondent
Nancy Cordes.  "It looks like the president has come around to
the idea, with encouragement from other Democrats, that we can't
raise taxes in a recession," said Republican South Carolina
Senator Jim DeMint on the CBS' "Early Show" on Thursday. "I
would prefer a permanent extension of the current tax rate. I
suspect the president is going push for something more
temporary."  After meetings Wednesday between GOP leaders that
many called civil and positive, Mr. Obama also voiced confidence
that a compromise would be