The stock market continued its best imitation of a roller coaster this week, reports of Syrian protesters’ deaths came in after assurances that military operations against the opposition had ceased, and American liberals cringed at the thought of another former Texas governor in the White House.

Arianna Huffington returned to “Left, Right & Center” to discuss anxious investors, Obama’s request that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, and the blooming candidacy of Texas Gov. Rick Perry with panel regulars Robert Scheer and Matt Miller. Matt Continetti, opinion editor at The Weekly Standard, sat in for Tony Blankley. –ARK

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