The Republicans' public relations woes rage on.

A new Pew Research/USA Today poll shows nearly half of Americans will blame the GOP if the sequester budget ax falls on March 1 without a deal to delay them, while only 31 percent would blame the president.

As far as the cuts themselves, a clear lack of urgency lingers, and the public remains relatively spilt, with 40 percent saying it's better to let them just happen while 49 percent urge delaying them again, according to the survey.

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