The Sequester

Here is the President’s budgets savings plan meant to avoid to the sequester.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/sequester/the-presidents-plan

Most Americans agree with the President’s balanced approach to deficit reduction:

Speaker of the House, Republican John Boehner lied about the President not having a plan:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/mar/04/john-boehner/house-speaker-john-boehner-says-obama-democrats-ha/

Again, you can be a great leader, but when the opposition refuses to even consider your plan, and lies to the public about the existence of a plan, it cannot be said that the problem is “both sides,” or a fail of leadership on the President’s part.