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Not according to majority liter cantor. let's bring in our panel. bill kristol of the weekendly standard and charles lane, opinion writer for "the washington post" and columnist and sports prognosticator, charles. >> ravens by 3. >> you heard what the leader said, that the president's not going to get more revenue and cuts have to be more than small cuts. there's a looming sequester. what do you think happens in the next four weeks. >> the republicans will do what cantor suggests, which is nothing. this is the one time since election day obama does not have the upper hand. he had it in the fis...

People will have to pay higher interest on mortgages. these things are going to happen if you keep kicking the can, which is why we asked the president come help us solve this problem. >> when the sequester deadline hits at the beginning of march, would you favor letting the deadline go through and all those cuts? >> we've asked the president repeatedly to join us in replacing the sequestered cuts with cuts that make sense, with cuts that go towards managing down the debt long term. and to this -- to this point he's not taken us seriously. and. >> many of your colleagues are saying, okay, ther...

Bad for the country to go through sequester and particularly for the national defense. i'm hoping against hope that this is -- the press conference is the beginning of a deal. >> you talked to a lot of republicans that freely suggest the sequestration goes through. that the cuts will be absorbed fairly readily. we're not going to go down in the dumps on our path to recession. do you agree with that or would it be horrible if the cuts went through? i think cuts in defense are irresponsible as president obama's secretary of defense secretary of defense said and every thinker things except for ch...

A long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. president obama raised some eyebrows during monday's foreign policy debate when he said this of the looming sequester, $109 billion due to hit in 2013 if no action is taken by january 2. >> and first of all the sequester is not something i proposed something that congress has proposed. it will not happen. >> republicans in congress have repeatedly blamed president obama for the sequester seemin...

>> let's call this wednesday numbers wednesday. thank god rwe are jumping at shakespeare wednesday. i never read a single one. >> breaking news. >> except for king leer. was that one? i don't know. we have the sequester clock in full countdown mode and a new "wall street journal" news poll looking at the blame game known as the sequester stand up. let's look at the polls. no good news for the republicans. their brand is mired in the 20s. we asked about it in eight of them. the democrats come out on. here are the three where they win. the news is not all good for the obama side either. the pres...