Another downgrade would floor the US cheer leaders at CNBC. It would catch them by surprise.Coun't see it coming. Charges would then be laid against Fitch as they were against S&Ps. S&P was the only rating company with the gonads to downgrade the States for buggering around with the debt ceiling. They were then singled them out and charged them with the historic crime of endorsing an AAA rating on sub prime mortgages. (totally off the subject and cant help myself, I note that a couple of characters have been arrested in Miami for laundering money through Bitcoin. I'm betting that they will be jailed while HSBC have only been fined)