(PLEASE NOTE: "(i.e. Obama's Fixer) is my comment on article in Lede)
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December 11, 2010
As the Ground Shifts, Biden Plays a Bigger Role
By HELENE COOPER
WASHINGTON — It was the end of a long and testy gripe session with House Democrats on Wednesday, and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had had enough.
For two hours, Mr. Biden had been going back and forth with furious members of his own party over President Obama’s deal with Republicans on tax cuts. In a basement room at the Capitol, Mr. Biden was trying to convince Democrats that the deal was the best one they were going to get.Then Representative Anthony Weiner of New York got up and asserted that Mr. Obama was acting like a “negotiator in chief” instead of a “leader” who gets things done.
Much More of a Good Read...for ALL DU'ers! at........
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/us/politics/12biden.html?src=twrhp&pagewanted=print