Obama Trap: The Sequester And The New Washington Reality

How Obama Fell Into Big Trap
President Barack Obama arrives for the Armed Forces Farewell Ceremony to honor outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama arrives for the Armed Forces Farewell Ceremony to honor outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Obama insists that he’s prepared for a fight over the sequester with House Republicans. But his remarks read less like a politician scrapping for a fight than one who’s had a troubling moment of clarity: this was a trap, and he walked into it. Senate Democrats are scrambling to come up with an alternate plan.

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