Does America need a third political party? The backlash against Obama on the left and the tepid support for Romney (the “anyone but Romney” vote has gone from Bachmann to Perry to Cain to Gingrich) would seem to make this a fine time for an independent party to emerge. Tune in to this edition of “Left, Right & Center” to hear what Robert Scheer, Matt Miller, Arianna Huffington and Matthew Continetti have to say as they hold forth on this evergreen topic in American politics.

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