David Gergen says everyone he talks to is turned off by mandatory budget cut mess . Gergen : We are leaderless ; neither Congress nor president is taking responsibility . Most Americans have no idea of what `` sequestration '' means or what it will do , he says . Gergen : Fair enough , but in my conversations , people were mostly fed up with the soap opera . The only way out for the country now is a constitutional amendment that would require balanced budgets and end this crisis once and for all.
David Gergen says everyone he talks to is turned off by mandatory budget cut mess . Gergen : We are leaderless ; neither Congress nor president is taking responsibility . Most Americans have no idea of what `` sequestration '' means or what it will do , he says . Gergen : The only way out for the country now is a constitutional amendment that would require balanced budgets and end this crisis once and for all.