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A calculation having just been reelected that, hey, i'm going to preserve for future presidents an ability not to negotiate over the debt ceiling, even though as senator portman pointed out, previous presidents have negotiated on this. that's why we introduced the idea of having to raise the debt ceiling. does the president bear responsibility? you are a democrat, you work for him, but out of government you can take a step back. does he also bear responsibility by playing around with default by pushing it this far? >> i've been 3,000 miles from washington. i have to tell you, the american peop...

But i think the president has also indicated he's willing to negotiate on the key issues. the republicans want to negotiate on the key issues. for goodness sakes, that's where this ball game has to wind up. it has to wind up in the broader discussion about how do you reduce the deficit, how do you end this crazy sequester? because the fact is we are paying a heavy price right now for what is happening to this country. america is being weakened, and that's the last thing that ought to happen. members swear an oath to protect and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic....

Didn't know. the closet was locked that long. you gave me that memory. i realized, i liked that pink coat. but jay carney, the spokesperson for the president, had this statement back to sequester and the faa, physical be good news for america's traveling public if congress spares them these unnecessary delays. but ultimately, this is no more than a temporary band-aid that fails to address the overarching threat to our economy posed by the sequester's mindless cuts. or could it be that if you do look at the budget and find other ways to manage your pocketbook, that you can find extra cash in ot...

That the sequester is of this president of the united states. he was before it before he was against it, which kind of sounds familiar, doesn't it? >> the interesting thing is that, you know, the republicans going to be on the hook for this one again because as we discussed before,s message. >> no, no. >> because if the president gets his way. he's been successful in blaming the republicans in the past and that's how he got the tax hikes before the end of the year so he's obviously going back to the same messaging. >> how can he be on the hook for something he invented? >> the messaging has be...

President and the democrats in the senate, as well. here's the thing. whale the white house is trying to walk away from it, there's a senator from montana, he's a democrat, max, and he went off the reservation yesterday when he revealed, oh, yeah, the president, he's responsible. listen to this. >> the president is part of the sequester. the white house recommended it frankly, back in how long, 2011. -- august, 2011. now we are feeling the effects of it. i don't want to say the president is solely to blame,'s not. >> the original thing was to key it up, the idea of draconian cuts for both side...