RePortersNoteBook.com: S & P's Downgrade Purely Political Act Against President Obama

The U.S. Treasury Dept. said "A judgment flawed by a $2 trillion error speaks for itself."

ron sez: "This was purely a political act by Standard and Poor aimed at President Obama. The other two credit reporting agencies didn't issue any such downgrade - S&P is the same group of crooks who issued TRIPLE AAA credit ratings to all these failed mortgage securities. S&P was complicit in the big Wall Street fiasco. Since the S&P announcement, Republicans have issued a Pahvlovian-type response, railing against President Obama, blaming Obama for this downgrade. S&P Republicans couldn't stand how Obama has been bullet-proof against their failed attacks and failing economy; so this was a move they felt would stick against Obama's re-election run."

Treasury Dept.: Downgrade flawed by $2-Trillion error

By: David Hancock

(Credit: CBS)

The Obama administration wasted little time in firing back at Standard and Poor's history-making downgrade of U.S. debt.

Late Friday, a Treasury Dept. spokesman told CBS News' Mark Knoller that "A judgment flawed by a $2-trillion error speaks for itself."

It was the first salvo in what will likely be extensive damage control by the Obama Administration, which now goes down in history as the first presidency to have a credit downgrade occur on its watch.

S&P cited "political brinksmanship" from both parties in its downgrade.

S&P downgrades U.S. debt
S & P statement on downgrade of U.S. debt

In as statement released Friday, S&P said: "The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policy making becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed."

"Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options. In addition, the plan envisions only minor policy changes on Medicare and little change in other entitlements, the containment of which we and most other independent observers regard as key to long-term fiscal sustainability."

President Obama met with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Friday before heading to Camp David for the weekend.

The credit rating agency announced Friday that it is cutting the country's top AAA rating by one notch to AA-plus. The credit agency said late Friday that it is making the move because the deficit reduction plan passed by Congress on Tuesday did not go far enough to stabilize the country's debt situation and that the policymaking is not stable or effective as needed to address the current economic challenge.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20088959-503544.html

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