With the White House stepping up its campaign to force Republicans back to the negotiating table when it comes to the deep cuts that are due to take place shortly, it seems to have little or no effect on the GOP.
In explaining the President’s stance on this political deadlock, Daniel Pfeiffe, a senior White official, said, “The president is an eternal optimist – he is hopeful the Republicans will listen to the overwhelming viewpoint of the American people.”
In fact, the White House has released a report that details how these cuts will impact all of the 50 states as well as the District of Columbia, and while some Democrats agree, there are others who believe that Obama is exaggerating.
What the White House wants is not just cuts amounting to $1.2 trillion, which is what the Republicans are in favor of, but the inclusion of revenue-generating measures such as the closing of tax loopholes.
If a renegotiation does not happen with the GOP, then the economic recovery in Obama’s second term will go to waste while it will not allow his to pursue certain policies that he has wanted to since coming into power for the second time.
And despite the pressure that Obama and his supporters are placing on the GOP utilizing his grassroots base, it still has had no effect on negotiations as Republicans continue to stand firm with the 2011 deal for sequestration is based on spending cuts only.
Earlier, both sides put together a committee in order to resolve this issue of not being able to agree on how to spend the money,hoping that the sequestration threat might force a solution.