Re: Why must someone be blamed?
I'm familiar with the chronology (thanks for the lectures anyway, guys), although in the media I consume the deficit story was not on the front page more than once and the letters were normal-sized.
Regardless:
If we hold politicians to a standard that requires that they have functioning crystal balls, then we are perpetually doomed to disappointment (except, of course for Republicans, whose crystal balls work just fine).
If, in a month, the CBO says now it looks much worse than we thought a month ago, should I come after you and try to get you to "eat" something for being so wrong today?