john hoeven, nd ntorth dakota. we appreciate it. david callahan along with cnbc contributor of the american enterprise institute and ann coulter is stille. james, what do you think of all of this? >> i think we need to get to the process where the democrats are asking for tax increases as soon as possible. >> that's tonight, right? that's tonight. that's tonight. >> i want to hear it all. closing the loopholes, carried interest. let's get it all started right now. that's where all of this is leading to. terrified every time i hear about the budget gaps. >> at the end. day, what have we got? that's where this whole thing has ended up. stopping i think behind all of this, this is an odd thing, we started out with the ted cruz stuff, let's defund obama care, let's delay obama care, let's do this, that, and the other thing to obama care, they were going to vote on the car of out. it's about not cutting spending. it's about shredding the sequester, which is the single only pro growth thing we've already had. isn't that what the democrats are angling for. the best thing we've done and they want to end it. >> this whole crisis, this was not a