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Two new polls should turn congressional Republicans downright apoplectic.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press\/GFK poll puts congressional approval at 5 percent. That’s bad enough. Now comes a new Gallup Poll that says 28 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the GOP, a record low for the Gallup organization.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/news.msn.com\/us\/poll-republicans-get-the-blame-in-shutdown<\/p>\n

To be sure, Democrats aren’t faring much better. Public opinion surveys are blaming Congress — not the White House or the president — for the government mess that now threatens to blow the economy to smithereens.<\/p>\n

And by Congress, I mean members of both parties.<\/p>\n

However, since Republicans control the budget-writing arm of the legislative branch — the House of Representatives — they are going to get bulk of the blame if the parties fail to agree on a way to reopen parts of the government and increase the nation’s debt ceiling.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blog.mysanantonio.com\/texas-on-the-potomac\/2013\/10\/republican-approval-rating-falls-to-lowest-point-in-gallup-poll-history\/<\/p>\n

Some of us keep harping on the obvious: The GOP strategy, which has been all but abandoned, of trying to link defunding of the Affordable Care Act to approving a new budget is a sure loser. Smart Republicans keep harping on that to the wild-eyed crazies comprising the tea party wing of their party.<\/p>\n

Now they’re messing with the debt limit, even suggesting that defaulting on our nation’s financial obligations isn’t that big of a deal.<\/p>\n

I do believe it is a very big deal.<\/p>\n

Failure to resolve this matter is going to wipe out what’s left of the GOP’s paltry support. <\/p>\n\n

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