GOP blames Obama, Dems blame Tea Party for S&P downgrade
(NEWSER) - If nothing else, the S&P downgrade made for a lively August Sunday on the talk show circuit, with anyone who is anyone booking an appearance to sling some blame for the US' brand new AA+ rating . The Democrats pointed directly at the Tea Party and its refusal to raise revenues, with Howard Dean sounding a typical note: "They are totally unreasonable and doctrinaire and not founded in reality," he complained on Face the Nation. "I think they've been smoking some of that tea, not just drinking it." The downgrade is a wakeup call that the US simply has to have more revenue to pull itself out of the ditch, he said. Elsewhere on your Sunday dial, as per Politico: More»
