GOP SHUTDOWN

Nationwide, some 800,000 federal workers are off the job. Republicans in Washington insist they have simply been upholding the wishes of the American people throughout their efforts to block the Affordable Care Act, but a poll released Tuesday tells a very different story. In fact, the latest survey from Quinnipiac University contains a ton of bad news for the GOP. For starters, 72 percent of Americans said they are opposed to shutting down the government in an effort to block implementation of the health care law. A poll last week also showed a wide majority opposed to shutting down the government over Obamacare.

• Star: Unreasonable tea party demands drag nation into turmoil
• TPM: Poll Indicates GOP Has Been Deeply Damaged By Shutdown Fight
• Missouri Times: Missouri effects of the federal government shutdown
• Star: Government starts shutting down
• KMBC: KC Federal Workers Protest Shutdown Downtown
• Star: New poll: Shutdown will slap GOP
• Post-Dispatch: Shutdown ruins Arch visit for tourists, sends thousands of federal workers home
• KMBC: Comments from Area Senators & Congressmen on Shutdown
• Post-Dispatch: Obama hits GOP 'ideological crusade' in shutdown
• News-Leader: Obama to Republicans: Open the government
• Tribune: Government shutdown felt in Columbia as services halted, offices close
• Beacon: Government shutdown may hit Scott Air Force Base and Gateway Arch hard
• Missourinet: Government shutdown puts paychecks in peril for 39,000 Missourians
• MDN: Mo. Budget Director preps for federal government shut down
• Star: Shutdown will mean furloughs, fewer services, and closed museums and parks
• Star: Obama focuses on military as government shuts down
• PoliticMO: In government shutdown, McCaskill, Blunt have different definitions of “essential” staff