Poll: More People Disapprove of Republicans in Stalled Debt Talks

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Erik Hayden 11,183 Views Jul 18, 2011

According to the new CBS News poll, Americans don't particularly like how anyone is handling the stalled debt ceiling negotiations. Still--for the sake of tallying up the "most blame" this second--Congressional Republicans have taken the majority of the heat: 71 percent of the public disapproves with how they've handled the debt debate. While Eric Cantor, John Boehner and company got unimpressive scores, the president and and congressional Democrats do better (if only by comparison): 48 percent of disapprove of Obama and 58 percent disapprove of congressional Dems.

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