Blaming the Tea Party for this, as John Kerry did, only proves beyond a shadow of a doubt what Kerry thinks of his fan base. I.E. that to believe that the Tea Party is responsible for the downgrades, one would have to be devoid of common sense, historical facts, of a low IQ, have failed high school civics and economics, been in a coma for the past 20 years, and quite literally must have fallen off the turnip truck just yesterday, hitting their head on the way down. I actually agree with Kerry here. His constituents are indeed that moronic.
But nobody will remember who the Speaker of the House is or who the majority whip is, or any of these other minor roles. They will remember that the historic first: the downgrade of US debt; was acheived under the "leadership" of Barry Hussein "AhmNottaMuslim" Obama in 2011.