wild gierations and record drops in the stock market and followed by upswings. who is getting the blame for all of this. >> the left tried to pin it on the tea party. if you are reading the editorial pages, the way the president handled it. he took heat from the new york times, questioned if he had a vision and wall street journal questioned if he was mart and everyone from elnorand back in the washington post said that this guy comes out and the president comes out and doesn't have a plan and he handled the downgrade limply and they accused him, dana milbank of not attempting to try to do anything to fix it. >> drew weston wrote a piece to: what happened to obama. he questioned . he said we are a nation held hostage not just by extremist republican party but also by a president who either does not know what he believes or willing to take whatever position he thinks will lead to his reelection. judy? >> i was struck by this and wrote about that. but they said silly argument and unfair argument. but you know, i think it is an argument that resonated among the sup