From boston.com:

“We seem to have a government that works only by holdout,” Warren said. “I don’t know anything more to do but get up and talk to the American people.”

She called the automatic federal spending cuts that are scheduled to take place this Friday “just plain dumb,” but offered no new hope on how to resolve a crisis that could curtail government services and kill thousands of jobs in Massachusetts.

As the sum total of Democrats and sane Republicans aren’t sufficient to carry to day talking to the American people is about all you can do at this point.  Lay the groundwork for 2014 and then do what you can to purge the obstructionists when the time comes.

On the president’s proposal to resolve the sequester (which is a bit vague but it could be made specific in short order):

“It’s a little more balanced than I would have put on the table if I’d been in that position,” Warren said, describing Obama’s plan as a 50-50 split between spending cuts and “closing some corporate loopholes like oil company subsidies.”

Rule #2 of negotiation:  Lead off with a proposal that’s more favorable to you than the counterparty is likely to agree to.  Warren gets this.  It’s not clear to me that the administration does.

FYI:  Office of Management and Budget’s sequestration reports to the president and Congress