frustration with government as a whole, reaching some pretty stunning levels. a cbs news poll shows three out of four people believe they done have as much say in what the government does and 85% disapprove of kongs. that is the highest level since the poll began in 1977. it said people like them. it s them and their families. neither party has much to brag about. just 18% approve the gop. 31% when you look at that job approval for the republican party come on, people, 31% for democrats. 18%, 18%, catty is absolutely, here s the thing, i wonder if there are going to be any rational voices that have been supporting this strategy still trying to defend what happened. this is devastating.
other. they don t like each other. tom daschle and i were friends the whole time in the leadership. conservatives have to understand that it s not good enough to just block and tackle. you have to score some touchdowns. you have to get things done. i just can t stand the republican party appearing to be just a party of no. it s just not what i think you should be doing. lott s criticism isn t only for republicans. it begins at the top. president obama is not loading. he accident to get sovd in the messy business of negotiating or legislateing. bill clinton was in it to his elbows ever day. we talked a lot. all hours of the day or night. we met regularly. did we all agree? no, we not like cats and dogs. i remember asking one time a year or two ago, there were all these security tests asking
republicans concerned about the economy, about the markets, concerned about interest rates and our standing across the globe none of it is great. we seem to have won the cold war. i am not too worried let me say this what i m worried about are the cuts in defense. i m worried about obama administration policies postley that will hurt the economy. am i going to the republican party is if great shape. am i thrilled about the party? no the way to solve the party the biggest dangers politically is to establish of the republican, the surge of republicans going at each other. they can come together on a positive conservative reform agenda. that s i think the failure. it is the conservative health care reform plan in january. other than dodd-frank is hurting the economy.
of the republicans who brought washington to a stand still. senator mike lee of utah is facing backlash in his home state with the closure of national parks, put a dent in the economy. a former staffer for the romney campaign sells e tells us quote, business leaders that i talk to, many of whom supported senator lee would never support his re-election and in fact will work. lee looks vulnerable to aling challenge from within his party. be you the real danger could be a calgary in the general election from the right kind of moderate democrat t. article goes on the say, neither mr. lee or the state gop are showing signs of thriving financially, as many of the big state do nors look elsewhere. that speaks to a bigger trend, where campaign committees have far outweighed themselves.
is his strain good for the party? i think on that, yes. i disagree with him on the tactics here. i think you need activists willing to fight and push the envelope, in this case they did it in the context of a possible default, a shutdown, which was most difficult to sort of force the fight. if you left things to mitch mcconnell and john boehner, they wouldn t be articulateing about anything. i think two months from now, people will say, that ted cruz, i shouldn t have gotten involved in that shutdown. he thought obama care was a bad idea. this is not over. i am not willing to say this was a big mistake to ted cruz. joining us now from washington. we have chief white house correspondent and host of the daily rundown, chuck todd. chuck, we could go back over what s happened. we, obviously, did polls. the cbs poll which has republican approval rating at 18%, they re all record lows and it s all pretty bad.