Left Right & Center bloggers Michael Shaw, Marisa Bojiuc, Andi Albers, part 3

SOME OF WHAT THE PANELISTS SAID TODAY: (part 3)

Matt:  we're the only country that doesn't provide basic healthcare or pension security that is not tied to your job.  It cannot work today.

Arianna:  during the primary both Clinton and Obama talked about NAFTA; right after the campaign, Obama called some of what was said 'overblown campaign rhetoric;'  there are too many other pressures on them (him and his campaign).

Bob back on the woes of the economy:  We occupy the 2nd biggest reserve of oil- Exxon's interest is not that of the avg. American people….at Goldman Sachs, Rubin was doing all this finagling - then he was doing it at Citigroup - now he's brought in as some kind of guru.  Obama is an internationalist, as opposed to the Nationalism, as part of the way politics in this country works.

 Arianna:  there isn't a single indication that Obama wouldn't put American first.  All of this drowning out of the real issues and real problems-- it enabled the McCain campaign to win the week.

The RANT:

Arianna railed against "another spate of totally unreliable polls…to draw incredible conclusions-  and this incredible confusion between different statuses of voter.  It's time to turn a very skeptical eye to all this polling!"