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| Republicans will take the heat if no sequester deal is reached, poll shows | Republicans will take the heat if no sequester deal is reached, poll shows |
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| Did the president's remarks to the National Governors Association succeed in shifting blame for the possible sequester toward Republicans? | Did the president's remarks to the National Governors Association succeed in shifting blame for the possible sequester toward Republicans? |
| The answer is probably no – because the public already blames Republicans for the sequester. | The answer is probably no – because the public already blames Republicans for the sequester. |
| A Pew poll released on 21 February found 49% of respondents would blame "Republicans in Congress" if the two sides can't strike a deal, while 31% would blame the president and 11% would blame both. | A Pew poll released on 21 February found 49% of respondents would blame "Republicans in Congress" if the two sides can't strike a deal, while 31% would blame the president and 11% would blame both. |
| Republicans have been arguing vociferously that the sequester was Obama's idea and now he must own it. They call it the "Obamaquester." They point to Bob Woodward's reporting from back in July 2011, when the loathsome pact was struck. Woodward says the sequester was the brainchild of White House budget director Jack Lew and congressional relations chief Rob Nabors. | Republicans have been arguing vociferously that the sequester was Obama's idea and now he must own it. They call it the "Obamaquester." They point to Bob Woodward's reporting from back in July 2011, when the loathsome pact was struck. Woodward says the sequester was the brainchild of White House budget director Jack Lew and congressional relations chief Rob Nabors. |
| There's no sign that any argument Republicans can make will succeed in laying blame at the president's door. It's a complicated issue. The explanations of who started it are even more complicated. Few and masochistic may they be who will dig in for themselves to decide who to blame. People may unfortunately be liable in this case to snap judgments hewing to intrinsic bias. | There's no sign that any argument Republicans can make will succeed in laying blame at the president's door. It's a complicated issue. The explanations of who started it are even more complicated. Few and masochistic may they be who will dig in for themselves to decide who to blame. People may unfortunately be liable in this case to snap judgments hewing to intrinsic bias. |
| And that doesn't work out so well for the GOP. As Dave Weigel put it last week in Slate, "The public is pretty well acclimated to blaming Republicans for a government shutdown, in part because there are lots of Republican members on record not worrying about a shutdown": | And that doesn't work out so well for the GOP. As Dave Weigel put it last week in Slate, "The public is pretty well acclimated to blaming Republicans for a government shutdown, in part because there are lots of Republican members on record not worrying about a shutdown": |
| The White House knows that. Democrats know that the "Buffett rule" is incredibly popular. And they know it's the Republicans, not them, who are grasping for leverage. It was one short month ago that House Republicans met in Williamsburg and agreed to punt the debt limit a few months, because they'd rather fight on the sequester, and look more responsible. | The White House knows that. Democrats know that the "Buffett rule" is incredibly popular. And they know it's the Republicans, not them, who are grasping for leverage. It was one short month ago that House Republicans met in Williamsburg and agreed to punt the debt limit a few months, because they'd rather fight on the sequester, and look more responsible. |
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