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Virtually absent from legislative process and making no discernible effort to replace mishiss sequester. he went on to say mr. president we agree your sequester is bad policy. what spending are you willing to cut to replace it? he then linked to his website talking about some of the coverage that's happened this week. as we look at the potential cuts here, congressman, meat inspectors furloughed, 4 million fewer meals to seniors' homes, 30% cut to court security, we're going to feel this right away. why don't you think that congress is getting this? the american people are getting clued in but...

Just yet or do we have to wait until we get to thursday? >> i think this time we may actually avert freakout mode. the vibe on capitol hill is that the sequester may indeed happen on march 1st but that its effects at least for those who are on capitol hill will not be as serious as you're hearing now on all the tv stations, the gloom and doom about long lines at the airports and people not getting their benefits checks. i think it's been really exaggerated. this is only going to represent a little more than 1% of spending for this year and everyone is going to get their budget. they just have ...

Back to jonathan's question, we're looking at everything. we're not just looking at furlough days. we're looking at every contract, our lawyers are looking at every contract, to see what impact it has for us to try and find some savings in those areas. >> why is the alarm being raised now? why not three, four months ago? why now? >> because we're in 30 days of sequester. sequester really begins march 1st but we have a 30-day window here to prepare people. and we've been working with our college here at the white house and omb for a number of months on what impact this is going to have. now is ...

Going to happen and there is also a much greater partisan divide over the tax versus spending issue. those things combined i think make it more likely the sequester will be a real thing on march 1st. >> meanwhile you think we'll avert the full on freakout mode however crossroads gps is out today trying to pin the blame squarely on the president. take a look. >> these cuts here in washington known as sequestration are a bad idea. you want to see a bunch of first responders lose their jobs, teachers laid off, air traffic controllers, and airport security, hardship on a whole lot of people. >> th...

First of all, again, on march 27th the government runs out of money. we have no spending authority past that day. so whatever we do before then to figure out how we're going to fund the government is going to accommodate whatever impact on the sequester, so that's what we ought to be focusing on. that's why i think the only thing that makes sense is to actually delay the sequester until then. speaker boehner doesn't want to do that because he wants a lot of his members want the sequester to go into effect because they think that's a good thing. >> one thing, the dnc has a new ad they put out c...