I am not a Tea Party fan....I don't like uncompromising people, and they fall into that catagory...like many others. Having said that, the Tea Party is being blamed for the impass that lead to the debt ceiling crisis....and the subsequent credit rating downgrade. The only problem is, they didn't vote for the recent compromise and yet it still passed. If it was still able to pass without their support, how is this their fault.. Interesting article on who voted NO... http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60454.html