After the sequestration stalemate, things will only get worse

After the sequestration stalemate, things will only get worse

President Barack Obama on Friday sparked a Twitter explosion when he said in a press conference that he can't perform a “Jedi mind meld” on the GOP, a phrase tweeters were quick to jab at, noting that the president should

Nga Ngyen, 7, gets an influenza vaccine at a Boston clinic. Under sequestration, 212,000 low-income children and adults will lose needed vaccinations. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/Files. First the good news. The automatic cuts

To begin, the president could announce that to achieve savings required by the sequester, he will use executive authority to redirect federal spending away from Tea Party districts, in other words districts that are represented in the House by members

Tea Party Republicans are crowing about the “sequestration” cuts beginning today (Friday). “This will be the first significant tea party victory in that we got what we set out to do in changing Washington,” says Rep. Tim Huelskamp (Kan.), a Tea Partier

Thus the President's numbers remain good despite the sequestration and the new poll showing that only 35% now see the United States heading in the right direction and 54% feeling that things are on the wrong track. Those numbers are substantially lower