The Washington Post finds that Americans are increasingly unhappy with the GOP:
Larison analyzes the poll:
It’s true that most voters aren’t pleased with Congressional Democrats or Obama, either, but both the extent and the intensity of disapproval are significantly worse for the GOP. (Strong disapproval of Republicans’ handling of things among registered voters is a little higher still at 53%.) That’s not a surprise when no one, including Republicans in Congress, can explain what the GOP hopes to achieve at this point.
Pew’s latest (pdf) shows that a plurality of Americans blame Republicans for the shutdown and that fewer Americans are blaming Obama:
JPod tries to talk sense into GOP partisans:
Let me put this plainly: If you think the GOP as a whole isn’t suffering from the shutdown, you are deeply, profoundly delusional.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 7, 2013
The Dish 