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New poll should put quite a scare into the Republicans currently holding the country hostage.

Courtesy of Business Insider:

Six hours after the federal government shut down for the first time in 17 years, a new Quinnipiac poll delivered the first warning sign for a Republican Party that stands to take the brunt of the blame.

According to the poll, American voters oppose shutting down the federal government to block implementation of the Affordable Care Act by a significant, 72-22 margin. And on another upcoming fight — raising the debt ceiling — Americans oppose using it to stop the health-care law's implementation by a 64-27 margin.

And in general, 58% of Americans oppose cutting off funding for Obamacare to tinker with its implementation.

All of these should be significant red flags for the Republican Party, which polls have shown will take the bulk of the public's blame for the shutdown.

According to the Quinnipiac poll, Democrats now hold a 9-point advantage in the general Congressional ballot — that is, Americans said they would vote for the Democratic candidate in their district over the Republican candidate by a 43-34 margin. That's the highest it's been all year.

And of course the so-called establishment Republicans KNOW this is a loser for them.

This according to Politico:

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has privately warned House Republicans that they could lose their majority in 2014 as a result of shutting down the government.

Gee no wonder Boehner drinks!

Let's face it despite conservative rhetoric to the contrary this does NOTHING to help the Republicans in any way. At least not long term,

And really bizarre fact is that essentially they have already won a HUGE concession from the last stupid fight over the CR.

Courtesy of Mother Jones:

Democrats have already agreed to fund the government at Republican levels. In other words, they've already caved in. It wasn't even a compromise. They've just flatly given in to Republican demands to continue funding at sequester levels.

This is the CR that Republicans now refuse to pass.

So even though they got what they wanted in the last battle, they are so greedy that they simply cannot be happy with it, and instead always want more.

And they DARE question why Obama is more willing to negotiate with Iran than he is to negotiate with the Congressional Republicans?

Yeah, that's REAL confusing.

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