The employment situation is looking grim for our nation. What’s to be done? And financial regulation got derailed — score another one for big banking! Can “Left, Right & Center” regulars Robert Scheer, Tony Blankley and Matt Miller offer any answers to these modern-day conundrums? Also: Elena Kagan’s kabuki dance and Obama’s immigration speech are duly noted by our panelists.

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