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I want to bring in steve benen, msnbc contributor. good to have you with us tonight. why are mainstream journalists repeating this lie about president obama not having a plan to replace sequester? >> well, i can only speculate about what brooks and others are thinking. but i would think in all likelihood, there is a forced equivalence between left and right and democrats and republicans, it doesnt really exist. i think for many pundits who are so eager to avoid any sense of bias or any sense of ...

Its untrue, unfair, dishonest, disingenuous. the president is making stuff up. >> making stuff up. rand paul says he is not worried about $85 billion in budget cuts between now and september 30th, even though his own party leaders say sequestration threatens the nations security. military readiness, and the economy. now senator paul wants us to believe sequestration is a good thing, and the president is just overreacting. >> the sequester is a slowdown in the rate of growth of government. its th...

To the scene of the alleged crime, which is his house. needs permission to leave his town, and will have to check in with police twice a week. ed? >> that was nbcs michelle kosinski reporting from pretoria, south africa. tonight in our survey, i asked will republican lies prevent a deal on the sequester? 84% of you say yes. 16% of you say no. coming up, ill tell you why im actually pulling for a republican on sunday night. david edelstein of "new york" magazine is here to preview the academy...

Out of control, and we need deep cuts in the entitlement programs. the figureheads for fix the debt are these guys, the austerity brothers, erskine bowles and alan simpson, and believe me, they dont have to worry about their retirement being lost or their pension or their health care. now the current issue of "the nation" magazine reports peter timed the launch of this new $60 million campaign to exploit the wrangling over the fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling and the sequester, the misinformation ...

Fairly good job in winning over the american mainstream. its republicans who are really suffering, however. there is ample polling data this week that shows republicans are on the wrong side of the american mainstream when it comes to the sequester, when it comes to spending, when it comes to compromise. when you look at this larger arc, i think its fair to say when it comes to the message war, democrats are coming out ahead. and that matters, of course, next week. republicans are thinking if th...

At the same time, you have other republicans saying this isnt our fault. this is all obamas idea. they want the get as far away from any responsibility for the sequester as they can. you know, i think kind of depends on how much they have drunk their own kool aid. and thats a battle that you see within the republican party. the people who are true believers in the tea party ideology, maybe people like john boehner who are willing to humor it, but at the end of the day know that a lot of these po...

Lets just say rand paul is spot-on. john nichols, is the president overreacting? >> he absolutely is not overreacting. the sequester is austerity. it is -- its not slowing the rate of growth. our population is growing. our needs are growing. if you slow down the amount of spending youve got at a time when you have growth and population, you are making severe cuts. and the sequester is really the first installment on an austerity agenda that poses huge threats according to government and private ...

Mccarthy again, and rand paul says the president is being dishonest about the sequester. the big panel takes on the latest right-wing conspiracies. and hollywood is rolling out the red carpet for this years oscars coming up sunday night. ill tell you who i think will win it. and why the academy has already made a serious mistake. dont forget you can listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127 monday through friday, noon to 3:00 p.m. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twi...

When you talk about sequestration or across the board cuts, were talking about things that impact the lives of real people. they want to see small government. well, small government doesnt work when you have a large population. whether its food inspectors or health care programs, or cuts to education programs that are vital to the success of our country, were talking about a magazin massive issue here. there is no dream or nightmare really is what sequestration would be all about. its not fate. ...

He deem noises ieses it and we still have a trillion dollar deficit and spend more money than last year. your reaction to that? >> the republicans have one of the supposedly great opportunities of all time which is to set up a website for a smart sequester and ask the american people to submit every smart thing we ought to be cutting, starting as you pointed out with the presidents very expensive trip to florida and lets see if we cant have a people sequester theres a lot smarter than the obama ...