. >> lou: joining us for the seniority editor molly hemmingway. ily caller, vince, it is great to see you here. molly, start with you, i love the fact that corker kemp supported tax reform even though he could handle it perfectly fine as president obama doubled the national debt. he doesn't want to give a dime back to the american people of their money. how do you explain it? >> being concerned about the debt is very important. it is a convenient. >> lou: how the hell didn't they do it in the obama years. >> republicans need to demonstrate they can govern and stou many people in the caucus are motivated to show failure as opposed to a success here. and there is no reason they shouldn't come together and work together. not just corker, but rubio holding up over the child tax credit. >> and michael lee holding up god knows why? >> they like the idea of giving money back to people who don't pay taxes. and that incent tichize child bearing and that is good thing, but what you are not supposed to like. >> the nature of politics in general, you will not

. >> here now, molly hemmingway. also wendy, a commentator at johns hopkins. i want to begin with tax reform. that was a big thing. after the whole repeal replace thing i was doubtful. i didn't know if they could get tax reform through. it happened. >> failing on healthcare might have been what made the tax bill not only go through but in a better way. i think they did what the bill was supposed to do, take the best of the house, best of the senate, and they snuck the obama care mandate repeal. there was pressure on republics to do or die because their base were stinking mad. we have had more than 70 market highs. it's something he takes seriously and proud and wants to point to his accomplishments. he wants to hold up a paper and say check out the 5% gdp. molly, other accomplishments. >> he was able to nominate someone more conservative than scalia or as conservative as scalia. a real stallworth. not just gorsuch, but other judges appointed. he pulled back on overreach. for the first time in a long time, a cut in the number of regulations we have. this is the