republicans insisted that, it just be an enforcement mechanism. because we were forced to do that it is true we suggested going back to the graham ruddman hollings method that s what he said in the debate, i didn t propose it. i think it s most accurate that they did propose an all spending mechanism that would have the type of harmful impacts on defense and on education and research. and the idea and this is the critical part. the idea was not that these would go into effect but that people of good faith would come back and compromise. and we know that s important. republicans aren t getting a win by letting the sequester go into effect. they want more funding for border security. they say they want more funding for defense. the speaker says he wants more on long-term entitlement reform. this gets nothing. it gets long-term entitlement was the president right or wrong in that clip i just showed you? i think the president was overall right in that the idea of an across th
republicans insisted that, it just be an enforcement mechanism. because we were forced to do that it is true we suggested going back to the graham ruddman hollings method that s what he said in the debate, i didn t propose it. i think it s most accurate that they did propose an all spending mechanism that would have the type of harmful impacts on defense and on education and research. and the idea and this is the critical part. the idea was not that these would go into effect but that people of good faith would come back and compromise. and we know that s important. republicans aren t getting a win by letting the sequester go into effect. they want more funding for border security. they say they want more funding for defense. the speaker says he wants more on long-term entitlement reform. this gets nothing. it gets long-term entitlement was the president right or wrong in that clip i just showed you? i think the president was overall right in that the idea of an across th
conversation, according to a top white house official, with some top senators on both sides hoping to find new compromise. but according to congressal republicans, no progress on that as well. take a listen, though, to folks from both sides as they weigh in on the impact of sequester and what it says politically. you know, republicans aren t getting a win by letting the sequester go into effect. they want more funding for border security. they say they want more funding for defense. the speaker says he wants more on long-term entitlement reform. this gets nothing. it isn t so much the extremes as much as it is a lack of appreciation of the world we live in. and this has been manifested at other times in other ways as well. mr. president, you played the role of ronald reagan and we ll be tip o neill. you just change the roles around. we can do the big deal if we have some leadership. it appears pretty clear, though, right now is not the time for that big deal to be done over the
spending mechanism that would have the type of harmful impacts on defense and on education and research. and the idea and this is the critical part. the idea was not that these would go into effect but that people of good faith would come back and compromise. and we know that s important. republicans aren t getting a win by letting the sequester go into effect. they want more funding for border security. they say they want more funding for defense. the speaker says he wants more on long-term entitlement reform. this gets nothing. it gets long-term entitlement was the president right or wrong in that clip i just showed you? i think the president was overall right in that the idea of an across the board all spending cut was the idea of republicans. but, yes, we put forth the design of how to do that. which was the sequester. but, david, the right answer is which was the sequester? the right answer is we did all agree to it to force us to compromise on long-term
that was funny. here with us now, senior political editor and white house correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein in the jump seat. hi, sam. hello. we re going to do must-read opinion pages. kelly o donnell is going to take us through the first one. what did you pick? reporter: just looking over the list, let s take a look at the washington post and sequester. we re only a few weeks away from this, mika. where charles krauthammer writes, the sequester is for cutting. the only question is whether it will be done automatically and indiscriminately or whether the president will offer an alternative set of cuts. then we can take up real problems. to succeed, republicans must remain united under one demand: cuts with no taxes, or we ll let the sequester go into effect. the morning after they should sit down with obama for negotiations on real tax reform as recommended by the president s own simpson-bowles commission. broaden the base, lower the rates. and it was one of