President Barack Obama speaks about the sequester as he stands with emergency responders, a group of workers the White House says could be affected if state and local governments lose federal money as a result of budget cuts. Charles Dharapak/AP[/caption]

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Sequester and public opinion? Advantage Obama. (+video)

The Christian Science Monitor

A batch of recent headlines gives an indication of where things stand in the Obama-Republican face-off over sequestration and the automatic government spending cuts that could kick in next Friday.

“GOP losing sequester blame game”

“Democrats’ Economic Narrative Still Trumps GOP’s”