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Republicans should they get the opportunity to run against her in the general election are going to throw bengha drzi at h. this will become an obscure issue at that point. nothing like what the iraq war was like during the primary campaign against obama. so certainly theyll throw that at her. theyll throw whitewater at her. heck, theyll throw hillary care at her. i agree with ryan to a point. she has been getting better along the way. so, yeah, she doesnt give a great speech, and maybe she does...

Washington, d.c., vetting our candidates. >> i would not be in the u.s. senate today if it were not for sarah palin. >> listen to that mama growl. sheets not backing down and shes giving the party night marys. lets bring in angela and ryan grim. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> ryan, shes back in a big way. how will the establishment and the gop handle this? >> you know, its just a strange, strange thing for her to be doing. as youre watching that clip, you have to remind yours...

This is going to be for entertainment value, the only people celebrating are seen na fay and tina fey fans. >> and liberals would like to see her out there dividing and playing up the party. but ryan, her ad that she puts out says that she has power with i can approximating candidates. watch this. >> she can be ee fk tif. >> sarah palin jumped in early and supported rand paul. she supported marco rubio. nikki haley, pat too many zee hes probably going to win this thing thanks to sarah palin. >> ...

Presidential nominee." as for the latest "washington post" poll showing the countrys support of marriage equality at an all-time high, the religious gary power sounded a familiar note. >> do you worry this only puts the republican party further out of touch with the mainstream of american voters? >> no, im not worried about it, because the polls are skewed, chris. >> the polls are skewed. not but five months ago, republican poll deniers were in full swing. and we know how far that got them. let ...

And people were actually willing to admit they changed their mind. a significant percentage of people used to oppose gay marriage and were willing to admit, you know what, i changed my mind, and now i support it. we found almost nobody saying it the other way around. in other words, nobody used to support gay marriage but now all of a sudden doesnt. so thats another reason that this thing cant get put back in the bottle. >> ryan grim, jonathan allen, thanks to both of you. >> take care, chris. ...

Every republican lawmaker says they are going too far on anti-legislation, shouldnt that be a signal to back off, jamal? >> absolutely it should be a signal. this gets back to ithe policies. the democrats faced a similar choice, all of the strength of the congressional party together or compete with senate races and for governor races and the presidency. and they actually had to come up with different policy positions that appealed to the mainstream of american life so that we could get the thin...

Talk to the rest of america, all of the people that we want to get into the american benefit structure and share all the problems that america has with more people and not have everything on the back of working class people? >> now, speaking of that autopsy, ryan, the man behind it, rnc chair reince priebus, he says that mike huckabee should be the model on social issues. "i always tell people, listen to governor mike huckabee. i dont know anyone that talks about them any better," talking about ...

Even for this republican party, is not in snyc ync and this tea party-controlled party is at this moment. they have a much greater affinity for people like cruz, for people like ryan, even though that may sound outlandish to those who are more politically sensible, they have aligned itself with those kinds of focus. i dont even see where jeb bush fits into the future for this republican party. >> talking about jeb bush, lets go back to jeb bush a minute, victoria. he talked about how his brother...

Removed god from our schools. should we be surprised that school has become a place of carnage. >> emerged from the flame and strong as steel, the courage to lead, thats todd akin. >> so the man who said todd legitimate rape akin had the courage to lead, hes now the gops leader on social issues, ryan? >> well, yeah. i mean, theres two problems with this. i mean, okay, sure, huckabee is an extremely kind of -- hes a backslapping, friendly, very smooth spoken kind of guy. his views are extremely h...

With that kind of fuzzy logic, its no wonder the americans are running away from the party. 27% of americans can identify as republicans. thats the lowest since the beginning of 2010. and only 33% have a favorable view of the gop. but senator cruz thinks republicans are winning the argument? yikes. maybe the effort to reboot the party is just a lost cause. joining me now, ryan grim and jamal simmons. ryan, do tea party republicans really think they are winning the argument here or are they just ...