Charm has its limits

Dana Milbank  "Carney smiled, charmingly. “Republicans made a choice,” he said. “The sequester is here, it’s being implemented as a result of the choice made on Capitol Hill by Republicans,” he added.
As for cooperating with Republicans, Carney argued that Obama’s agenda “is inherently bipartisan” — and that it was up to Republicans to sign on. “There’s nothing partisan about deficit reduction,” he said. “There’s nothing partisan about comprehensive immigration reform. . . . I would argue that there’s nothing partisan about common-sense solutions to reduce gun violence in America.”"