the public is on his side. >> when you look at polling, 75% of the american people agree with me that the way to reduce our deficit sensibly is through a combination of spending cuts and tax revenue. unfortunately, i think republicans right now have been so dug in on this notion of never raising taxes that it becomes difficult for them to see an obvious answer right in front of them. >> don't shortchange yourself, mr. president. it's not 75. it's 76% of the american people. republicans are too busy playing the blame game to deal with the sequester. house speaker john boehner is working overtime, trying to get obamaquester to trend on twitter. isn't that cute? white house spokesperson jay carney took a shot at republicans for their whacked-out priorities. >> imagine if republicans put half the amount of effort into finding a solution to this problem as they have into coming up with hashtags. >> republicans should heed carney's warning.