i think he has a big problem. you bring up a great point, chris. just to add to that, if republicans want to win, however, they re going to have to pick someone a little more moderate for their nominee because otherwise we keep going to the right, we re not going to get anywhere. the problem isn t you re right about the calculation, but the problem isn t you pick someone that can win. arguably mitt romney was the most electable, it is the primary forces you to take extreme positions like you saw with romney on immigration and other issues that he becomes unpalpable for the american public when he wins the nomination. that s the problem the republicans have. all right. last quick comment? i want to go back, republicans have to decide if they want to win or only want to go to the extreme to win a primary. we need to become more center when it comes to especially economic issues. sounds where chris christie wants to go.
for a body in motion. anchts victory for a couple of unlikely allies, president obama and jan brewer. last night, the arizona legislature signed off on expanding medicaid. a group of republican governors refuse to go along with the program. jan brewer embraced it to the chagrin of conservative colleagues. bring in dr. ez eek yell ee man yell from university of pennsylvania, author of the memoir about his family, brothers emanuel. good to see you, doctor. nice to be here with you. you advised the president on health care. did you ever think as you heard here that jan brewer would be someone supporting his policies? first of all, we never thought so many republican governors would not take the medicaid expansion because it is really important for their
weaknesses, but he is one of the few global icons in the world that has not disappointed us. kris jansing, of this jansing and co. reporting from johannesburg. thomas roberts is next. great hour? we hope so. the agenda, syria crosses the red line, now what, that s the big question. is any u.s. action too little too late and is the juchlt about to be drawn into another never ending conflict. we will talk about the optics of what faces this country. and the gop is failing great on lbgt rights. what happened to the republican branding? and we talk to the lgbt group. and many of them don t watch the news, even read the newspapers, some have outright biased opinions in one direction or
states senate every day, particularly with the leadership of the strong democratic women on the senate armed services committee and everything we re dealing with the sexual assaults in the military. that would not be happening without the leadership of those women. and there are just not enough in there. we ve got to keep working to get more women involved. the fact we saw an entire house committee hearing of republican men leading the way on a health care decision about women is outrageous. it is 2013. it is time for women to step up, run, and we ve got them coming, we have to support them and need to see more faces in both parties, but particularly in the republican party. 2014, 2016, see how it works out. stephanie, thank you so much. absolutely. thank you for having me. two big interviews coming up on now with alex wagner. catch president clinton and chelsea clinton at noon eastern. six jurors and four alternates who will decide the
arizona congressman trent franks pushing a bill to restrict abortion rights drew a fire storm for saying incidences of pregnancy from rape is very low, last night he said he had been through the spin dryer over the comments he made. would you like to see more gop women rise to power to be some of the discussions on the hill where in many cases you ll see only men, 23 men, for instance, during that particular hearing and no women. that s exactly right. to discuss women s issues. well, and that is such a good point. i ll tell you right now congress in its entirety is only 19% women. many more democrats than republicans. we need more women across the country to step up and run for office. we work on that every single day and we know, we know as secretary clinton said yesterday, when women are involved in the process, better policies are made. we re seeing it in the united