Axelrod: Tea Party to blame for credit downgrade

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Bob Scheiffer spoke with President Obama's campaign strategist David Axelrod on what caused Standard and Poor's to downgrade the U.S. credit rating and what Mr. Obama needs to accomplish during his campaign to secure a re-election.

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