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So the government shutdown and the possibility on thursday that the u.s. reaches its borrowing limit, hitting lawmakers exactly where it hurts, in the polling data. take a look at this gallup finding, dissatisfaction with government dysfunction reaching a new high of 33%. i'm surprised it's not higher. that number doubled in just one month, surpassing the economy and other issues making voters quite unhappy these days. three-way tie for unemployment, the deficit, and health care. let's bring in our political insiders. former republican congressman for new york, fox news contributor, and a form...

>> so, robert, you brought up the ap poll. we have it this morning, thought it might be an outlier that ap poll says the president has a 37% approval rating. should the white house be concerned >> look. white house has always been and i think they should have always been understanding nobody is going to come out of government dysfunction completely unharmed. i certainly don't think they did. and i don't -- my guess is republicans in their meetings never thought the damage created thus far for their brand would be as deep as it is. i think again the best thing we can do and the best thing washi...

Politico, these are the kind of people who get eaten by bears. you seriously believe people are saying, there's not that big a deal if we go over. >> i can't. that's what makes this so hard. i asked a couple of my tea party colleagues, let's say we default on monday. what's plan b for tuesday? they look at me, we don't need one. how do you make an argument with that? that's like telling your banker you're not going to pay for six or eight months because you don't feel like it and tell your wife or husband or partner, don't worry about it, the bank won't get upset. it's fantasyland. >> there's ...

There's something about total government dysfunction that gets the creative juices flowing in hollywood. good afternoon, everyone. i'm jake tapper, welcome to "the lead." this is day nine. the partial government shutdown. the stalemate is so deep. the media is reduced to seizing on the tiniest gestures on the elected officials. is the president listening intently? or is he just suppressing a sneeze? is how speaker john boehner smiling? is he pleased? or just checking to see if he has something in his teeth. you may not think that closing parks is necessarily a big deal, but how about i told yo...

It shows democratic congresswoman marcia fudge's district after redistricting some 50 miles running north to south. this is democratic congresswoman marcy kaptur's area. you'll notice it hugging the coastline. that's 90 miles. this is all a result of the gerrymandering? is that what's at the core of this government dysfunction? >> you know, i think -- >> that's to aaron, then to you, lynn. aaron, you're first. >> sorry. you know, there is -- this is part of the reason why government is like this. i do think that the gerrymandering is a little bit oversold as a reason. republicans would have an...