state of the union address was the president s idea in the first place. i ve made it perfectly clear, though, the sequester, i don t like it, no one should like it, but the sequester is there because the president insisted that it be there. where is the president s plan to replace the sequester that he insisted upon? jon: well the political theater playing out in the media. on nbc news on its website political hot potato g.o.p. trade blame with obama for looming sequester. u.s. news & world report, obama plays public against g.o.p. on sequester. in the washington times, sequestration, angry obama lamb bastes g g.o.p. for agreeing with them. chief political correspondent carl cameron joins us live from washington now. all right, so they have this hot potato rolling, any sign of compromise, carl? not even close. both side are pretty much dug in