While sitting legislators continue to fuss over a tax cut deal that looks headed for completion after passing overwhelmingly in the Senate this week, the field of potential 2012 GOP presidential candidates has been engaged in their own internal contest on the matter -- the first real one of its nature in the forthcoming election season.There is little large-scale consensus among the likely contenders, besides the fact that they know they want to extend the Bush tax cuts for as long as possible.A considerable bloc of possible 2012 contenders has come out in favor of the tax cut plan, effectively arguing that the two-year extension of tax cuts for high earners is the best deal that they'll be able to get, and a sufficient enough outcome that Republicans shouldn't risk the integrity of the entire compromise in search of something perfect.Read More... More on Newt Gingrich