I think you’re right but that’s all the more reason for the GOP to embrace the sequester. Now that Obama has committed to defending them as a bluff he can’t easily back off if the GOP calls his bluff.
This is where his media goes to work. Them that should be called his "Post Failure PR Team", will be spinning this every way they can to put the blame squarely on the shoulders of the six republicans on the committee.
Obama, Kerry and Washington State's poster girl for dental hygiene, Patty Murry will be portrayed as saintly devotees to the American good who have been beaten down by hateful conservatives.