florida republican congressman and member of the tea party caucus, colonel allen west. thanks for joining us. what's your reaction to those comments by kerry and also axelrod calling the tea party down grade? >> well, good morning, steve and eric and i find those comments to be absolute most insidious things i've ever heard. i think what you continue to see from the left is looking for someone to blame. it's very simple. when we go back to 2007, when the democrats took over the house and the senate, the debt at that time was 8.6 trillion and now today we see the debt at $14.5 trillion. they have to look at themselves and they have to understand that they are the ones that are totally to blame. it has nothing to do with increasing revenues by tax hikes. it has everything to do with cutting in spending and one of the most important things we need to be doing right now is get back up to washington, d.c. and deal with this situation. and look for those deeper cuts, i think that when you can go back to cut, cap and balance which was something that the american people supported by 66%