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33% of americans have a favorable view of the party. one in three. 58% judges them unfavorably. thats the lowest favorability for republicans in 20 years. the same pew study finds, the same percentage that views them unfavorably. in a "washington post" article, he said he recently found out that only the percentage of people self-identifying as republicans hit historic levels but within that smaller base, the traditional divides between pro-business, economic conservatives, and social conservati...

33% of americans have a favorable view of the party. one in three. 58% judges them unfavorably. thats the lowest favorability for republicans in 20 years. the same pew study finds, the same percentage that views them unfavorably. in a "washington post" article, he said he recently found out that only the percentage of people self-identifying as republicans hit historic levels but within that smaller base, the traditional divides between pro-business, economic conservatives, and social conservati...

Joining us. mns m msnbc political analyst, david corn. and joy reid, managing editor of the grio.com. david, between allen west saying theres nothing so fearful to progressives on this green earth than a black american who wants a better life, and rand paul describing certain members of the republican party as covered in moss, im beginning to wonder if this years cpac is about horticulture as opposed to polit politic. >> mitt romney, sarah palin, allen west being there, its like the zombie apoca...

Editor of the grio.com whos not stopped laughing during that lead. and so just get your laughter out. that was extremely disturbing. dana, well start with you. rans priebus, the chairman of the republican national committee, appeared on the "hannity" program last night on fox and we have managed to preserve some of the discourse for the sake of prosperity. here it is. take a listen. >> what do you think of this new generation, these younger guns in the senate? >> i think theyre the future of our...

Grio.com. good morning. thanks for being here. >> caller: good morning. >> you covered this story extensively in florida. where is george zimmerman? >> caller: the case at the moment is awaiting a stand your ground hearing. zimmermans attorney is going to seek an immunity hearing for his client approximately april 22nd. if they are successful, the case would be dismissed by the judge. if they are not, we go to trial on june 10th. as to where zimmerman is, i spoke to his attorney yesterday evenin...

As will the funds for the settlement for african-american farmers discriminated against by the department of agriculture. still, the president has been subjective to criticism about his unwillingness to talk about race. back at the table is msnbc contributor and washington post columnest e.j. and joining us is joy reid who is managing editor of the grio.com. its two things for the president on this. symbol and substance. the idea that he just sort of walks through the world navigating race is ta...

Service protection. yesterday senator ted cruz accused the president of exploiting the murder of children to push through gun control legislation and then there are the real nuts out there. a movement of people who say that the sandy hook tragedy was a hoax. the real purpose was to create a political environment to take away all our guns. the american public is largely on board with at least some of the presidents agenda. in a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, more than half, 56%, say law...

Debt limit debate. lets bring in our monday gaggle. political editor of the grio.com. jennifer reuben and steve mcmahon. we know, heres what we know, perry. we know the president says pass the debt limit increase with no strings attached. thats his message to congress. we know that any potential plan b that others have come up with, the white house has completely put it off the table and we know that senate democrats are begging the white house for plan b. does he owe harry reid an explanation? ...

There are a lot of people across america that have been concerned about a president obama crackdown on guns. and even before newtown they started buying them up in bulk. >> okay. peter alexander, thank you very much from the white house. joining me now, msnbc contributor and political editor for the grio, perry bacon jr. and reuters political reporter andy sullivan. all right, you guys. so with regard to the guns, first up to you, perry, do you think enough republicans are going to join with dem...

Killed last month. a short time after they arrived at a converted middle school in the nearby town of monroe, the governor of connecticut announced the formation of a commission to study the gun and ammunition laws in his state. >> you dont need a 30-round clip to go hunting. you dont need a 30-round clip to honor the constitution of the united states, and i think its time we have a realistic discussion about the weapons that are being used time and time again in these mass casualty situations. ...