Obviously, the numbers vary from poll to poll, but they seem to agree that the Republicans are beginning this government shutdown with historically low approval ratings. Which makes sense, because the man who is always wrong about everything thinks the GOP should stand pat, refuse to negotiate, and actually send their members home to talk to their constituents. And what time could conceivably be more opportune for talking with your constituents than when your poll numbers at an historic low and the government is shut down because (among other things) your party doesn’t like birth control for the ladies?
Meanwhile, it is now abundantly apparent that the House has a new Speaker, who happens to have been born in Canada.
