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Politically for the republicans if they caved on this. look where this started. it started in august 2011 when boehner made a deal with the president. the deal was we'll let you borrow $2.4 trillion more if you let us have some spending cuts. obama says i will gladly increase the debt now for some spending cuts tomorrow. as of this day, wimpy hasn't cut spending. >> susan, downed what the end game is? >> the white house had had a good message. i don't understand why they've gotten to this -- i'm trying to think of a non-vulgar way to say this -- but this dispute about whose idea was it. as you...

They will be felt over time. it could result in a recession. it is hard to see how president obama would escape responsibility for that. but the good news is the bad news. it won't be felt immediately but the bad news is it won't be felt immediately. for those of you saying it is a catastrophe a lot of you won't feel it. >> not everyone believes the sequester portends disaster. this is fox news sunday. >> the crisis is made up. it has been created. i didn't support the sequester because that's a stupid way to cut spending. it's the only way washington, republicans and democrats are ever going ...

President's role. >> these cuts in washington now as sequestration, are you willing to see first responders lose their job and teachers laid off? >> they were president obama's idea. >> the so-called "sequester" was obama's idea in the first place. he signed it law. >> white house recommended this. in august 2011. >> bob: to sell people this is obama's idea, it was his idea. but that is not what the public believes. the public believes -- >> andrea: do you hear yourself? >> bob: i am talking as a politician. is up why obama is doing what he is doing and sequestration being obama's idea. it doe...

Qaeda's doing and yes, you can be part of shared sacrifice in the defense department, but do it wisely. >> joe watkins, crossroads gps, a super pac released a new ad blaming the president for blaming the sequester in the first place, so let's take a quick listen to that clip. >> the so-called sequester was obama's idea in the first place. he signed it into law. >> the president is part of the sequester. the white house recommended it back in august 2011. >> and it seems like every three months around here there's some manufactured crisis. >> now, joe watkins, you just said it's not about assig...

Other. the president is going around the country and trying to talk about how it's going to first first responders, hurt this and hurt that. the republicans weren't in town this week and hopefully everyone will be in town next week and that leaves five days and that's not enough time to get this done. as was the case that began with the first budget problem in august 2011 when they do talk, they talk past each other and they're talking to their base rather than talking to each other to try to get the big deal and the op ed that i wrote talked about the fact that people have been saying you hav...