President Obama’s Losing Hand on the Sequester Fight

National Journal writes, To understand why the White House is aggressively contesting Bob Woodward’s account of who’s responsible for the sequester, you only have to take a look at how high the political stakes are for President Obama. Instead of tactically conceding on a short-term fix that would provide for smarter spending cuts (as the Republicans did during the fiscal cliff fight, when the White House held more leverage), Obama has chosen to pick a fight over the fairness of deep spending cuts – at the expense of more significant agenda items on his plate. Now the White House’s entire agenda, from guns to…

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