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America has seen enough of Anthony Weiner.
The first national Weinergate poll shows 60 percent of Americans want the lewd lawmaker to quit Congress.
And a paltry 8 percent have a favorable opinion of him in the wake of his cybersex scandal, while a staggering 70 percent have an unfavorable view, according to Democratic-affiliated firm Public Policy Polling.
Numbers aside, the circus-like atmosphere outside of Weiner’s Washington office yesterday was a stark reminder of how far he’s fallen.
The bronze plaque bearing his disgraced name on a public wall outside his suite of offices has become a perverse tourist destination.
Just yesterday alone, more than 100 sightseers snapped their souvenir photos in front of it.
At one point, a giggling blonde woman in high heels, who was visiting the Capitol with cancer-research advocates, had a friend take her portrait with the plaque in view.
They wouldn’t give their names, saying they’d be “embarrassed” to be affiliated with Weiner in any way.
Students from New York City, sightseers from Alaska and congressional staffers from the Rayburn House office building also stopped by for a photo-op.
“I don’t think the sign is going to be up much longer,” said Zoe Littlepage, 45, of Houston, who laughed as she had her picture taken.
Even though he’s become a laughingstock, the House Democratic Caucus took no disciplinary action against Weiner yesterday in their its meeting since his racy photo scandal broke.
Weiner sent graphic, bare-naked photos of himself to at least one woman, and confessed to holding six online affairs while married.
Caucus members didn’t kick him or strip him of his committee seat — two disciplinary options recently floated — because they expect him to quit by the end of the week, sources said.
“We’re hearing that he might resign in a couple of days,” Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-LI) said outside the closed-door meeting. “He’s waiting for his wife to come home.”
Huma Abedin, Weiner’s pregnant wife and aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, was expected to return from her weeklong African trip at some point overnight.
Weiner has repeatedly said he needs to talk to Abedin face to face before making a decision on his political career.
But an increasing number of Weiner’s colleagues, including top Democratic leadership, have already decided that his time is up.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), a close pal who attended Weiner’s wedding, said, “This is about a body of Congress, not his body.”
“There comes a point when you need to step down. I think we passed that threshold a long time ago,” he said yesterday.