‘Left, Right & Center’: The Imperial President or Small Ball?
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists consider whether President Obama's State of the Union announcement that he would try to find ways to work around a dysfunctional Congress makes him an imperialist president.
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists consider whether President Obama’s State of the Union announcement that he would try to find ways to work around a dysfunctional Congress makes him an imperialist president.
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Rich Lowry of the National Review and host Matt Miller join Scheer on this week’s show.
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