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The Blame Game of Sequestration

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    “The Amateur” author Ed Klein on sequestration and the White House-Bob Woodward controversy.

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Official with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service office in North Carolina says Agriculture Department sent -- the following email.

After asking about flexibility in those sequester cuts quote it is our opinion that however you manage of the reduction.

You need to make sure you are not contradicting what we said the impact would be.

It -- while the government.

Are at least the politics of government joining -- side Klein author of the New York Times best seller.

They amateur good to have you here but great to be here what do you make of it -- -- -- a direct order to inflict pain because the president -- be pain it's clear.

That this administration.

Wants.

The sequestered to result in the great -- -- pain.

So we can point his finger at the Republicans who think it's all your fault has anyone -- this administration do you suppose considered the embers.

That is if they continue with this kind of nonsense they're going to be blamed for whatever aging results he's the president he's the one and he's -- -- -- I believe.

I was speaking to a very liberal.

And drug -- is that how you -- that the guy and somebody very very important.

In the liberal spectrum are going to use the vice.

I thought I felt like 100 -- okay you know it.

And he fed to me.

That.

I think this president and that's a very liberal god I think that's a really sort of saga new Yorker article are quite close overplaying.

His hand.

In that.

The people expected to be a leader and not since complain and carry on him.

Say it's all their fault -- point -- get them together make them.

Make it happen you you know -- its interest I keep hearing people say they wanted to be a leader they wanting to be bipartisan all of us.

Is anybody paying attention to what the man's record his business present -- United States over his first -- office well why would there be a departure from his broad pattern here -- I totally agree with you.

You know he's changed its tactics in the second term gone on the offensive against the Republicans.

-- what he hasn't changed is his leadership.

Of -- his leadership.

Skills are still not there used -- temperature well.

And goes after a -- apparently he goes after Bob Woodward Bob Woodward apparently he has recanted.

And -- his -- -- -- of threat if not the articulation of threat.

And has had.

That's -- Gene Sperling the up spending.

Senior official in the Obama administration the president's economic about it are over for -- Sunday you want to brunch was opened to invited the president -- We didn't governor was -- you know I think Bob Woodward CN.

Was to demolish the very center of the president's.

Campaign against Republicans which is the sequester was their fault.

-- Woodward pointed out it was.

The president's idea in the first place you move the goalposts.

And that's undermine the whole tactic and what's interesting is Gene Sperling acknowledged that -- -- -- out -- in front of well Bob Woodruff in god and everybody important.

Including the American people.

No I think I feel that you find the end of David -- -- behind this whole thing because.

It appears that what this president wants to do.

Is it's kind of just go.

Go through the first two years of the second term and then get a democratic house.

-- all these.

Liberal -- going to be a lovely spot for the president but there is a little matter of perhaps -- Republican resistance but we'll see whether or not they've learn anything about ground games and actually having.

Well more voters than the other fell.

Decline thanks for being here appreciate it thank you.

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