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All of us are concerned about our politics, both in our own parties as well as the other parties. but at some point we've got to do some governing. >> president obama speaking today to the nation's governors, with just four more days until the sequester hits, the white house is sounding an alarm, with a new report with details on how it will hit all 50 states. and the state by state calculations are pretty grim. no area or issue goes uncut from law enforcement to clean air and water programs. we would see a slowdown of sandy cleanup in new jersey. well would see military cutbacks in the state ...

All of us are concerned about our politics, both in our own parties as well as the other parties. but at some point we've got to do some governing. >> president obama speaking today to the nation's governors. with just four more days until the sequester hits, the white house is sounding an alarm, with a new report with details on how it will hit all 50 states. and the state by state calculations are pretty grim. no area or issue goes uncut from law enforcement to clean air and water programs. we would see a slowdown of sandy cleanup in new jersey. well would see military cutbacks in the state ...

Children out there who want santa claus to come year round, but that doesn't happen. so these companies, they should be grateful that the federal government gave them this student for the last two years, but look, they haven't fallen off a cliff and haven't dried up. look back to where we were in december where they said they're going to spend and we're at 4% higher than the year before. and if you look at the bloomberg consumer comfort index, half the of americans are saying their personal finance they're looking at it highly positive which is a year high. and this is not something to be frea...

Fairly good job in winning over the american mainstream. it's republicans who are really suffering, however. there is ample polling data this week that shows republicans are on the wrong side of the american mainstream when it comes to the sequester, when it comes to spending, when it comes to compromise. when you look at this larger arc, i think it's fair to say when it comes to the message war, democrats are coming out ahead. and that matters, of course, next week. republicans are thinking if they go through with this and the sequester hits, then they'll be able to say well, this is the whit...

Welcome back. with one week before the sequester hits, no signs of progress on a deal and no meetings set between the president and congressional republicans. the president met just a couple of hours ago with democratic governors who will hold meetings this weekend in washington with their republican counterparts. >> our message to our republican governors this weekend will be quite simple. speak up. stand up. or be part of the problem. ask your friends in the republican congress to do the sensible thing, to come with a balanced approach. do not pass, do let the sequester go in to effect. >> t...