Only 21% back GOP opposition to tax increases

The new poll is bad, all around, for the GOP. It's much better for the President, and also better for Democrats in congress (Congress typically fares worse in polls than presidents).  71% disapprove of how the GOP is handling the negotiations over the debt ceiling, but it's not clear how many of those are Republicans disapproving that the GOP isn't being firm enough with Obama.  Hopefully CBS, which conducted the poll, will have asked further questions in order to discern just where the discontent is coming from (the full poll won't be released until tonight).