Obama for the win @37%?

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http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion...me_in_shutdown Most Americans disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job, the poll suggests, with 53 percent unhappy with his performance and 37 percent approving of it. Congress is scraping rock bottom, with a ghastly approval rating of 5 percent. Indeed, anyone making headlines in the dispute has earned poor marks for his or her trouble, whether it's Democrat Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, or Republican John Boehner, the House speaker, both with a favorability rating of 18 percent. And much of the country draws a blank on Republican Ted Cruz of Texas despite his 21-hour Senate speech before the shutdown. Only half in the poll were familiar enough with him to register an opinion. Among those who did, 32 percent viewed him unfavorably, 16 percent favorably.

This is akin to collective political suicide. So far, the FOREX, securities and equities markets have acted in restraint but if a real default should occur there will be a real shitstorm. This is a game of chicken that will be remembered for a long time.

Even Conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says:

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http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/sc...0/07/id/529682 "When I was first in Washington and even in my early years on this court, I used to go to a lot of dinner parties at which there were people from both sides. Democrats, Republicans . . . It doesn?t happen anymore.?