Allen West Rips Washington's Handling of the Budget

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West ripped leaders in Washington on Tuesday for mismanaging the budget. In an email to supporters, West labeled the stand-off between House Republicans, Senate Democrats, and the White House as disgraceful.

We should be ashamed that Congress and the White House have allowed our country to return to the edge of the fiscal cliff after we should have cut spending and balanced the budget in 2011 when we reached the debt ceiling then, West insisted.

The former congressman, who has left the door open to a political comeback in 2016, added, It's time to usher in a new generation of conservative leadership to replace the ineffective and uninspiring leaders we have today.

With his PAC looking to support 14 GOP congressional candidates in 2014, West promised to back Republicans who will be staunch guardians of the Constitution and defenders of our conservative values, especially fiscal sanity."