Standard and Poor's downgrades US to AA+

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Originally Posted by Danzig

Despite clear signs that the debt-ceiling impasse was hurting the economy, policymakers insisted on drawing the fight out until the very last minute. When it was all over, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell promised to do it again the next time we need to raise the debt ceiling, and the time after that, and the time after that. We might be able to pay our debts, but it is far from clear that we will always be willing to pay them.

Yeah. We'll see how well that works for them in the 2012 elections. I think the "far right domestic terrorist" component of the right has had it's day in the sun, and the buyer's remorse is strong in many.