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At the same time, you have other republicans saying this isn't our fault. this is all obama's idea. they want the get as far away from any responsibility for the sequester as they can. you know, i think kind of depends on how much they have drunk their own kool aid. and that's a battle that you see within the republican party. the people who are true believers in the tea party ideology, maybe people like john boehner who are willing to humor it, but at the end of the day know that a lot of these policies if enacted will be catastrophic and that the republicans will be blamed for them. >> what ...

Let's just say rand paul is spot-on. john nichols, is the president overreacting? >> he absolutely is not overreacting. the sequester is austerity. it is -- it's not slowing the rate of growth. our population is growing. our needs are growing. if you slow down the amount of spending you've got at a time when you have growth and population, you are making severe cuts. and the sequester is really the first installment on an austerity agenda that poses huge threats according to government and private sector analyses to our abolishmeemployment rate an potential for growth. the president is not lyi...

Mccarthy again, and rand paul says the president is being dishonest about the sequester. the big panel takes on the latest right-wing conspiracies. and hollywood is rolling out the red carpet for this year's oscars coming up sunday night. i'll tell you who i think will win it. and why the academy has already made a serious mistake. don't forget you can listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127 monday through friday, noon to 3:00 p.m. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter u use #edshow. we're coming right back. hi. hi.

When you talk about sequestration or across the board cuts, we're talking about things that impact the lives of real people. they want to see small government. well, small government doesn't work when you have a large population. whether it's food inspectors or health care programs, or cuts to education programs that are vital to the success of our country, we're talking about a magazin massive issue here. there is no dream or nightmare really is what sequestration would be all about. it's not fate. this is a real issue. it deserves real attention. we cannot continue to have these piecemeal so...

He deem noises ieses it and we' still have a trillion dollar deficit and spend more money than last year. your reaction to that? >> the republicans have one of the supposedly great opportunities of all time which is to set up a website for a smart sequester and ask the american people to submit every smart thing we ought to be cutting, starting as you pointed out with the president's very expensive trip to florida and let's see if we can't have a people sequester there's a lot smarter than the obama sequester. >> sean: that's a great idea. newt sgingrich. thank you for being with us. >> a plea...