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Left, Right & Center

It's New Year's pundit accountability time

A year ago pundits were laughing off Donald Trump. Now who's the joke?

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By Josh Barro • Dec 30, 2016 • 57m Listen

It's our year-end special and we're asking ourselves, how did we get the year so wrong? We discuss our hopes, dreams and resolutions for next year.

Josh Barro (Business Insider) moderates from the Center. On the Left, Katrina vanden Heuvel (The Nation). Rich Lowry (National Review) is on the Right. Mickey Kaus (Kaus Files) is our special guest.

Photo: DonkeyHotey

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Josh Barro
Former host of Left, Right & Center
Rich Lowry
National Review / KCRW's Left, Right & Center
Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nation
Laura Dine Million
Producer, 'Left, Right and Center'

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