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President obama is in israel, intent on proving that the unbreakable alliance has not been broken and is instead still an alliance. its wednesday, march 20th. this is "now." joining me today, author and radio host of studio 360, curt anderson. professor at the lbj school of public policy, and msnbc contributor, victor use defrancesca soto, and michael steele, and washington bureau chief of huffington post ryan grim. >> today president obama began his first state visit to israel. after their me...

Proposing a more aggressive alternative to the ryan plan and promising to balance the budget in just four years. the op-ed comes just a day after the rncs autopsy report. yet that, too, is getting attacked from the right for not sticking to so-called conservative ideals. >> the republicans are just totally bamboozled right now and they are entirely lacking in confidence. they think they got landslided and they didnt. the republican party lost because its not conservative. it didnt get its base u...

Republican study committee, a group of house conservatives proposing a more aggressive alternative to the ryan plan and promising to balance the budget in just four years. the op-ed comes just a day after the rncs autopsy report. yet that, too, is getting attacked from the right for not sticking to so-called conservative ideals. >> the republicans are just totally bamboozled right now and they are entirely lacking in confidence. they think they got landslided and they didnt. the republican party...

Its just pop with low-cal ice cubes in it. i hope thats okay. so the half-term governor turned reality tv star turns fox newscastoff is the life of the party. does the gop have a problem? you betcha. joins me here on set is lauren ash burn and ryan grim. lauren, what does it say about the state of the gop when sarah palin is getting that reaction? >> she livened up that crowd. as a person who spent the day listening to rubio and ryan -- >> that was yawning just that. >> she comes on and bam sh...

How big a problem is this? the tea party superstar versus the guy that is supposed to get people elected? >> i dont think it is at all in this particular case. as ryan says, she doesnt have anywhere to go. she failed at her governorship by quitting, she has lost her contract at fox. she now is making jokes with big gulps, and what is that? where is she going to go snow? he has not taken her platful. she had a huge platform in 2008. she hasnt taken it seriously. she hasnt come out with ideas and ...

Are they afraid to bother with attacking her? or are they leaving the door open, because the door is stick cracked open? >> sure, theyre leaving the door open, because this is a woman who, among conservative women and conservatives in general has a very high approval rating. this woman can still attract people to her. she has star power, and if, as crowdhammer says she does apply herself, she finds a cause shes interested in, she could do some real leadership at this time within the party. >> we...

The cancellation of white house tours. secret service says it costs $74,000. was cancelling them necessary? >> i have to say this was not a decision that went up to the white house, but what the secret service explained to us was that theyre going to have to furlough some folks. what furloughs mean is that people lose a day of work and a day of pay, and the question for them is how deeply do they have to furlough their staff and is it worth it to make sure we have white house tours, if you have ...

Never let it be said states arent trying to compete, especially red states and when it comes to abortion rights. north dakota is about to ban abortion after six weeks, as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected. it would be a felony for a doctor to perform a nonemergency abortion after a heartbeat can be heard. this, of course, will mean transvaginal ultrasound will be making a come back, since thats the only way to hear the heartbeat at that early stage. up next, republicans like the seques...

A long time. even though his conservative credentials are unquestioned, he does want to come to some kind of compromise, some kind of deal thats going to help the american people. i think ryan in his heart wants to, also, but hes new at the game and still sounds like hes running for vice president. and that is the kind of attitude you find around the house right now in the house of representatives. but at the same time they know that their approval ratings are sinking lower than the media right ...

Kind of outreach working? it would have to be a moderate republican in a swing district that obama won. we can probably figure it out if we just looked at the results from the 2012 race. theres a handful of members that fit that profile and those are the targets. >> and while were still talking about the sequester, were looking ahead to whats coming next with the budget. republicans have ruled out this $982 billion plan to keep the government operating for the next six months. it would shift mor...