The Real Reason the Sequester Will Hit is that House repugicans Want It

I know it seems like repugicans think sequestration will be a bad thing, otherwise why are they blaming President Obama for it…

But in the lead up to its reality, there are way more repugicans than just Paul Ryan cheering it on. They can’t wait for sequester! They want it so badly they can taste it. They don’t care that the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office warn it could push our economy back into recession.
Here’s a round up of quotes from the DCCC, which will give you a good sense of the real reason Speaker John Boehner is not proposing a sequester replacement bill (hint: he doesn’t have the votes):
repugican Congressman Paul Broun (r-GA). “I want to see it go into place.” [Cherokee Tribune, 2/9]
repugican Congressman Mike Coffman (r-CO). “I don’t think going over the fiscal cliff would have been a huge deal” [kdvr.com, 1/02/13]
Former NRCC Chairman Tom Cole. “We just had additional revenue for the federal government, so I don’t see any way in the world the sequester won’t happen either as written or renegotiated or reallocated cuts.” [Talking Points Memo, 2/05/13]
repugican Congressman Scott DesJarlais (r-TN). “Sequestration needs to happen…Bottom line, it needs to happen and that’s the deal we struck to raise the debt limit.” [Cleveland Daily Banner, 2/1]
repugican Congressman John Fleming (r-LA). “The sequester is law. Those cuts happen no matter what. We’re willing to hang in there and insist that those cuts go into place…” [NHPR, 1/30/13]
repugican Congressman James Lankford (r-OK). “greater chance that they’ll be implemented than not at this point.” [Politico, 2/13/13]
repugican Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis (r-WY). “Sequestration will take place…I am excited. It will be the first time since I’ve been in Congress that we really have significant cuts.” [Billings Gazette, 2/11]
repugican Whip Kevin McCarthy (r-CA). “Some conservatives are starting to say despite the fact there are a lot of defense cuts in there, this may be the only way we get real spending cuts over the next year”. [Yahoo News, 2/13/13]
repugican Congressman Mick Mulvaney (r-SC). “We want to keep the sequester in place and take the cuts we can get.” [Dow Jones Business News, 2/8]
repugican Congressman Mike Pompeo (r-KS). “It’s going to be a homerun…I am very optimistic that on March 2nd, we’ll all wake up and America will have tremendous respect for what its House of Representatives led and what it’s federal government was able to accomplish.” [Politico, 2/13]
repugican Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (r-WI). “the sequester is going to happen.” [The Hill, 1/27/13]
repugican Congressman Steve Scalise (r-LA). “The consensus is we want the sequester numbers to come in and to finally see spending reduced in Washington.” [Dow Jones Business News, 2/8]
repugican Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (r-GA). “We’re willing to let it go through till they (Democrats) respond to us.” [McClatchy, 2/6]
POLITICO (2/13/13): “Top congressional Republicans predicted Wednesday that the sequester will hit at the end of the month – the latest chapter in the series of budget battles that have stymied Washington in the last few years.” [Politico, 2/13/13]
While some repugicans, including Paul Ryan, are now pretending that the sequester is Obama’s idea and it’s a horrible idea (redundant), sequestration is in principle a repugican idea. It’s been championed by repugicans like Paul Ryan and Jack Kingston, who have tried to get it into law year repeatedly to no avail.
All it took for repugicans to get their beloved sequester was holding the economy hostage over the debt ceiling. You’d think they would be happy now that they’re finally going to get it. The tea caucus is high on it, because they can’t see what even Paul Ryan knows now. The sequester is sure doom for the repugican cabal.
The repugicans own it and it’s not going to be pretty. If the sequester hits, it will be because House repugicans wanted it. They think it’s going to be great. So while repugicans try to blame the Democrats, the real truth is certain House repugicans have been pushing for sequester. If it hits, it’s on them.