Midway through a Font Du Lac, Wisconsin Tea Party Rally Florida talk show host Andrea Shea King took the stage and told the audience that everyone was describing the downgrade of US debt to AA+ from AAA as the “tea party downgrade,” laying the blame  squarely on the Tea Party. But rather than boo those who claim the tea party caused the downgrade, the 200 or so Wisconsinites in attendance cheered, sounding almost proud to be blamed for the downgrade.