Sooo…Another Downgrade Coming?

Inquiring minds are trying to not to…inquire. It is easier that way as America, under the leadership(?) of President Obama, looks to begin circling the drain of the economic-life drain.

Remember last summer when the President and all his minions attempted to explain the Standard & Poor’s downgrading of US Treasury Debt away as all political theater without any basis in fact? Well, Bank of America’s Ethan Harris just announced that there will most likely be another downgrade either in late November or early December and told why:

We expect a moderate slowdown in the beginning of next year, as two small policy shocks—another debt downgrade and fiscal tightening—hit the economy. The “not-so-super” Deficit Commission is very unlikely to come up with a credible deficit-reduction plan. The committee is more divided than the overall Congress. Since the fall-back plan is sharp cuts in discretionary spending, the whole point of the Committee is to put taxes and entitlements on the table. However, all the Republican members have signed the Norquist “no taxes” pledge and with taxes off the table it is hard to imagine the liberal Democrats on the Committee agreeing to significant entitlement cuts. The credit rating agencies have strongly suggested that further rating cuts are likely if Congress does not come up with a credible long-run plan. Hence, we expect at least one credit downgrade in late November or early December when the super Committee crashes.

Leadership…more important than most thought when they cast their vote last time.