Will Nancy Pelosi survive the onslaught of scrutiny and criticism in the wake of recent CIA torture-briefing revelations with her House speaker status intact? Is President Obama in over his head, what with all the hubbub over torture photos and military tribunals? The vultures — or “picadors,” as Tony Blankley so romantically describes them — are circling, and Arianna Huffington, Robert Scheer and Matt Miller chime in with their prognostications on this week’s show.

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