"With the Republican-controlled House of Representatives engaged in a tense, government-shuttering budgetary standoff against a Democratic president and Senate, the Republican Party is now viewed favorably by 28% of Americans, down from 38% in September," writes Gallup. "This is the lowest favorable rating measured for either party since Gallup began asking this question in 1992."
In addition, markets are beginning to shudder. The GOP's business supporters are growing angry. Attention is being diverted from Obamacare's glitchy launch.
Politico reports that Speaker John Boehner's decision to pay the bills for another six weeks is "a recognition of the political reality that he can’t engage in an increasingly long and grinding high-stakes government funding battle while also threatening the creditworthiness of the United States."
The Tea Party agrees. "We do not support clean debt ceiling increases," writes Michael Needham of Heritage Action for America, "but because Heritage Action is committed to giving House Leadership the flexibility they need to refocus the debate on Obamacare we will not key vote against the reported proposal.”
Ezra Klein is the editor of Wonkblog and a columnist at the Washington Post, as well as a contributor to MSNBC and Bloomberg. His work focuses on domestic and economic policymaking, as well as the political system that’s constantly screwing it up. He really likes graphs, and is on Twitter, Google+ and Facebook. E-mail him here.
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