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Another poll, another disaster for the GOP. According to the latest ABC/Washington Post poll, the approval rating of the Republican Party has cratered ever since the budget showdown started.

The gap between approval and disapproval has dropped by 16 points for the Republican Party in just two weeks. The change for Democrats has been only 6 points, and for President Obama

there’s barely been any change at all: > For the first time this week numerically fewer than half of > Republicans — 49 percent — approve of the way their party’s > representatives 

in Congress are handling the budget talks. >  > Obama, by contrast, gets 71 percent approval in his own party. > Further, while 58 percent of political independents disapprove of

> Obama’s work on the issue, that soars to 76 percent disapproval > for the GOP’s approach. In terms of ideology, 59 percent of > conservatives disapprove of how the Republicans in 

Congress are > handling the issue, despite their generally closer alignment with > GOP policies. Obama’s disapproval among liberals is far lower — > 32 percent. And moderates 

roughly divide on Obama’s approach (49 > percent disapprove), while broadly criticizing the Republicans, with > 80 percent disapproval. It’s just dismal news for Republicans across the

board. The full poll is here.