Waiting room: Tea Party to blame for downgrade!

  And we're off!
  It has begun:
  Here at Caffeinated Politics:

nstead of seeking a remedy to our fiscal problems the Tea Party resorted to the most despicable array of political treachery that this nation has ever witnessed in a cruel desire to thwart the national needs.

  Here at LGF:

Maybe S&P are jumping the gun, maybe they’re making a political statement, but the fact is that the Tea Party right takes ALL the blame for this. S&P would not have even thought of taking such a step if the GOTP hadn’t turned this debt ceiling hike into a political nightmare. 

  Here at Newsvine:

By their insistence on a unrealistic "cuts only" approach combined with inviting default, the TP is to blame. 

  Here at Right Clik: 
  And here at HuffPo.
  Perhaps these peeps haven't heard that Jay Carney and Debbie Wasserman Schulz have already claimed ownership for the policies and actions that have created the latest economic mess.
  But, hey! Let's blame the only people who were trying to stop the spending!
  That makes liberal sense!