. >> ah, tisk tisk, tisk tisk.ator cruz is strongly mistaken if he thinks people will stand with the republican party. americans do not like it when the government shuts itself down. they don't like it when political gridlock costs the country $24 billion. $24 billion. they don't like hundreds of thousands of federal workers losing their wages. new polling numbers show americans are extremely unhappy with the way the federal government works or fails to work. the abc news "washington post" poll shows americans' approval of congress is at a 40-year low. these wounds to congress are self inflicted. it's a result of budget brinksmanship. blame for the shutdown is being focused on the republican party, which is at least -- at its least popular level in data since 1984. on the flip side, president obama's favorability is hardly in stellar shape. but he appears mostly unharmed. is approval is essentially the same now as a month ago before the shutdown. and the furlough notices flew. get your cell phones out. i want to kn