‘Left, Right & Center’: Barack and Bibi, DSK and Arnold; Cornel West’s Broadside
What an action-packed week it was -- how will "Left, Right & Center" regulars Robert Scheer, Matt Miller and Tony Blankley and guest panelist Chrystia Freeland possibly cover it all in 30 minutes? But they do -- and they also manage to slip a little Newt-talk in there, too. Listen and learn.What an action-packed week it was — how will “Left, Right & Center” regulars Robert Scheer, Matt Miller and Tony Blankley and guest panelist Chrystia Freeland possibly cover it all in 30 minutes? But they do — and they also manage to slip a little Newt-talk in there, too. Listen and learn. –KA
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