This is great news:

Senate and House leaders are becoming more directly involved with the supercommittee responsible for delivering a sizable deficit-reduction plan by Thanksgiving, amid growing concern the panel’s members could be deadlocked.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) has been meeting more frequently with Democratic members of the 12-member supercommittee, an aide said. Last week, talks began between top aides to Mr. Reid and House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio).

The panel has until Nov. 23 to get at least seven votes for a plan to reduce the deficit over the next decade by at least $1.2 trillion—a challenge that revives familiar fault lines between the parties, with Republicans opposing any tax-revenue increase that Democrats say must be part of any package.

   Remember, the whole exercise is a sham because there is no debt or deficit "crisis" and the obsession about this is a distraction. The best thing that can happen is stalemate. Doing nothing is the best option–in the context of the bi-partisan unwillingness to attack corporate welfare, end immoral wars and spend serious money on creating jobs.