the fed is on a bullet. anything additional it could do would have a marge nall consequence. the markets dropped. president obama was in delaware for the return of the remains of u.s. forces killed in the weekend afghan disaster. thank you so much for coming out. reporter: in iowa, tea party republican michele bachmann blamed mr. obama for the crisis. president obama and the politicians have almost doubled the national debt in five years. that s why we re in trouble. reporter: republican candidate tim pawlenty charged the president made matters worse yesterday. and he began to act like a manure spreader in a windstorm, throwing things in every direction without any real focus, without any real sense of solution many. democrats slammed the gop solution, much deeper spending cuts. you cannot balance the budget of the united states with 9 to 14 million unemployed people, period. over standard and poors new york office, a plane flew a banner, thanks for the do