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Economy improve, businesses are just starting to see some confidence coming back. and you know, this is not a win for anybody. this is a loss for the american people. and, again, if we step back and just remind ourselves what it is we're supposed to be doing here, hopefully common sense will allow in the end. >> sounding like it is a republican problem and not one you bear a responsibility for? >> julie, give my example what i might do. >> [inaudible]. >> i'm trying to clarify the question. what i'm suggesting is i put forward a plan that calls for serious spending cuts, serious entitlement re...

Both parties signed off on it, passed into law. it wouldn't be a law if the house republicans hadn't passed it. part of what's strange is that woodward is playing two roles. the reporter who reports in his book on the exchange and how the sequester came about being and then in this op ed is this analyst shaming obama for not leading in some vague way that would defense congressional republicans to solve the deficit problem, and it's sort of bizarre to go on both sides of that at the same time. >> can we take half a step back and remember that the week before this happened he was on "fox news,"...

Letting contracts, they are not hiring people, they are not doing what they normally do. you'll see a slow down in our economy. you'll see services that will be delayed, whether it's calling to find out about your social security check or whether it is standing in a longer line as you go through the airports. you'll feel it. but the most important impact will be on our economy, and this is avoidable. what we need is democrats and republicans sitting down and working out an agreement, that's what we should be doing. bill: we are going to take note of that and we are going to notice that in the ...

Asking for tax increases as has the president and his proposal doesn't push for tax increases. that's a brave position for him to take in his caucus. jon: i talked with juan williams about, you know, what's happened to the federal budget in the last ten years. 90, almost 90% increase in federal spending in ten years. it seems unsustainable. >> well it is unsustainable. i appreciate the compliment. let the record reflect i do support tax increases. just that's a separate part of the equation. if we're going to deal with the deficit, the idea behind sequestration was we're going to threaten to m...

I've looked at estimates of economists across the board, nonpartisans who argue that put it all together, add the sequester on top of it, and you're talking about growth that is about a percent and a half slower this year than it would be otherwise. let me read you a quick quote from somebody today up on capitol hill. "moreover, besides having adverse effects on jobs and incomes, a slower recovery would lead to less actual deficit reduction in the short-run." now that's not karl marx or chairman mao. that's ben bernanke. he is saying not only does slower growth hurt us in the way the congressw...