Main stream American is blaming Republicans. That's the bottom line, but you guys keep drooling all over yourselves.
You mean the mainstream media. Public opinion tends to follow that. So no surprise.
If the House had simply voted to increase the debt limit they'd be called irresponsible. Since they aren't they're called irresponsible.
It was a lose-lose. So the House might as well do the right thing and try to kill this monster.