>> Martha: DESPITE
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S APPROVAL
RATING --
THAT IS ENOUGH TO OFFSET THE
G.O.P.'S EDGE FROM FAVORABLE
DRAWN DISTRICTS AND IN DANGER
THERE 23 SEAT MAJORITY.
WHAT WOULD A TRUMP PRESIDENCY
LOOK LIKE WITH A DEMOCRATIC
HOUSE AND THE WHITE HOUSE AND
THE GDP SEEMED TO BE RATTLED OR
UNNERVED BY THIS PROSPECT.
HERE NOW, TOM COLBURN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN
TONIGHT.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?
FROM A DISTANCE, WE ALL KNOW
WHAT'S ON.
REPUBLICANS CROWING ABOUT THE
CONTROL THEY HAD OVER THE HOUSE
AND THE SENATE AND THE
WHITE HOUSE WAS WHAT THEY HAD
WANTED FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND
YEARS.
IT WAS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY AND NOW THEY SEEM TO
BE SAYING WE'RE PRETTY SATISFIED
WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.
>> IN MY ADULT LIFE, I'VE SEEN
THIS A LOT.
YOU GET MPOWER, YOU WANT TO STAY
IN POWER AND YOU DO WHAT YOU
TOLD THE PEOPLE YOU WOULD DO.
WE JUST SAW A BUDGET BILL PASSED
FOR $1.3 TRILLION.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO BE
KNOWN FOR, BUT THAT'S THEY WILL
BE KNOWN FOR.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS, THEY
PLAYED THE GAME SHORTHANDED AND
THEY SAY MAYBE WILL MAKE IT.
WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE LOSE
TRUST IN THEM.
>> Martha: WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE RACES THAT HAVE HAPPENED SO
FAR, YOU'VE GOT PENNSYLVANIA, IT
DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THERE WAS A
TREMENDOUS RALLY AROUND.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK HE WAS
A GREAT CANDIDATE, BUT THE
EFFORT TO HANG ONTO THESE
REPUBLICAN SEATS.
WHAT WE HEAR MORE AND MORE FROM
REPUBLICAN'S ON THE HILL, IT'S
NOT UNUSUAL WHEN YOU HAVE THE
PRESIDENCY, WHEN YOUR PARTY AS
PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE
THAT WHEN IT COMES FROM THE
FIRST RUN OF MIDTERMS, YOU LOSE
THE HOUSE.
HE LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR AND TAX
REFORM IS CLEARLY A BIG
ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR REPUBLICANS,
IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT
WAS ON THEIR CHECKLIST.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE
SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRESS
THEY'VE MADE SO FAR WITH THIS
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY?
>> IT KNOWN.
THE U.S. CITIZEN HAS PAID A LOT
OF TAXES EVERY YEAR, I'M NOT AT
ALL.
WHY HAVEN'T THEY CREATED
TRANSPARENCY ON HEALTH CARE?
ONE IN EVERY $3 IN HEALTH CARE
IS WASTED.
THE AVERAGE NOW IS $7,900 FOR A
FAMILY.
THEY'D WOULD LIKE TO SEE A
CHEAPER DEAL, A BETTER DEAL.
MANDATE THAT PRICES ARE
TRANSPARENT.
THEY CAN DO THAT, THEY CAN PASS
THAT BILL.
HOW CAN YOU BE AGAINST KNOWING
WHAT YOUR PRICES BEFORE YOU PAY
FOR IT?
HOW ABOUT OVER SIDING?
HOW ABOUT BUILDING A TEAM TO
OVERSIGHT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND GETTING RID OF IT?
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BORROW
$1.3 TRILLION.
THAT'S WHAT OUR DEFICIT IS GOING
TO BE THIS YEAR.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
THEY COULD HAVE DONE IT OUT OF
THEIR WAY.
I BET YOU THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
AS A WHOLE WOULD MUCH RATHER
HAVE SEEN A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
THAN A BILL PASSED IN THE DARK
OF THE NIGHT THAT NOBODY'S RED
THAT ADDED $1.3 TRILLION TO OUR
SPENDING.
>> Martha: THERE IS A DIVIDE.
>> DO THE HARD WORK.
>> Martha: YOU HAVEN'T HEARD
FROM REPUBLICANS, WE DON'T WANT
TO SHUT DOWN.
THE PRESIDENT AT SEVERAL POINTS,
HE SAID SHUT IT DOWN.
LET'S PUSH THE ENVELOPE AND SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
>> YOU CAN'T SEND THAT BILL AND
THEN SAY NEXT TIME I WON'T SIGN
IT.
YOU'VE LOST ALL LEVERAGE.
YOU GROW THE GOVERNMENT.
WHAT'S HARD IS TO BE FRIVOLOUS
WITH AMERICAN TAXPAYERS MONEY
AND HOLD IT ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY'LL DO THIS TO HIM AGAIN.
SEPTEMBER 30TH, I GUARANTEE
WE'LL SEE ANOTHER ANOTHER
RESOLUTION BILL.
YOU WON'T SEE THE APPROPRIATION
BILL.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ONE SINCE 2003.
>> Martha: YOU'RE RIGHT,
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FDR AND THEN