Why are the liberals/Democrats blaming the Tea Party for the credit downgrade?

The House of Representatives passed a bill which would have prevented the down grade.

Harry Reid and the Democrat Senate refused to even vote on it.

It was called "Cap, Cut, and Balance".

Because the Tea Party members are the ones who kept holding up deals. They did not want to raise the debt limit, they did not want to compromise. They refused to back the $4 trillion cuts that the Speaker and the President worked out. The $4 trillion cuts would have been enough to satisfy S&P.

Too many are ignorant about how things work. You have people here blaming things that have built up over several years, on the Tea party debt negotiations, which have only been going on for a few weeks.

I mean just look at the ignorance. "Job loss skyrocketed." In fact, in the past few weeks, the unemployment has actually gone down (a pathetic amount to be sure, but certainly is has not skyrocketed in the past few weeks). What morons...

The Tea Party tried to get large cuts to reduce deficits, and a Balanced Budget Amendment passed.

Of course the Democrats blame the Tea Party. They obviously think S&P dislikes those things.

The S&P wanted increased revenue and spending cuts that amounted to $4 trillion, which was what Obama's plan aimed for as well.

Someone need's to take the blame. So let's just lay it at the feet of the middle class.

Liberals/Democrats, when responsibility walks in the room they run and hide in the corner behind blaming someone else.

Either bias or sheer ignorance.

See P Ryan above me is ignorant to the point that he believes the tea party has a majority in congress.

You don't understand what you are talking about do you?

The tea party held the economy hostage, adding uncertainty, and ultimately leading to a credit downgrade.

S&P said politics in US is dysfunctional.