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The president has made clear that we think you should replace some of the sequestration cuts with sensible, balanced entitlement and tax reforms to put us in the right direction for the future. >> who do you blame for the inability to do what you've done in the past? >> obviously, there was a faction, particularly in the house, that took control of some of the direction of this debate. i would just look to what republican leaders have said themselves about how inadvisable it is and how it can't happen again. i think the message going forward is there was a turning point on wednesday night, and...

Do you think that has hurt the economy, hurt economic growth, the fact we've had this lower spending level? >> david, i think there is no question but that the deep spending cuts that are part of sequestration are holding back the economy. there are competing ranges, whether it's a half percent or more, up to a percentage of gdp. the president has made clear that we think you should replace some of the sequestration cuts with sensible, balanced entitlement and tax reforms to put us in the right direction for the future. >> who do you blame for the inability to do what you've done in the past? ...

Seen with ted and company. they want to replace the sequestration cuts with other things. >> going forward, there has been huge problems with the enrollment in the president's health care law that have been well documented, but the attention has been on the shut down and going to the brink of economic catastrophe. report you worried that problems within the health care law will get more attention and could that impact a deal come january 15th where republicans will say look at the issues with the president's health care and obama care. we need to do something technical and have this fight agai...

Sequestration cuts with and one thing we should note here too, the way this works procedurally, if they do come to an agreement, that has to go directly to the house and senate floors and can't be amend and can't be fill busted. mj, how optimistic are you that they'll come to an agreement here, especially when some republicans are considering sequestration, basically a victory? >> i think the new standards that have been put in place are really not good for having a well functioning and not dysfunctional washington. and i think it's really important. we've been talking a lot about of course th...

Seen is in my state where we had less problems, we had 12,000 people get on there and thousands and thousands of open accounts. we had hundreds of small businesses open accounts. % are getting through. i think some of the states are seeing different experiences. there should be a focus on that and there should be a focus on the rates and some of the offerings for people who otherwise either couldn't get insurance or were getting insurance that costs more. this gives them options they department have. the competitive market place will work as long as we make the access work so people will be ab...