Left, Right & Center
The winners and losers of 2017
The LRC panel names the year's winners and losers, revisits their Inauguration Day predictions, and then makes more predictions for 2018.
By Josh Barro • • 51m ListenCongress is wrapping up for the year, having passed a major and majorly unpopular tax reform. How much unfinished business will they leave on their desks before the holiday? In the judicial branch, three nominees for federal judgeships had high-profile collapses this week, but President Trump has had more confirmed appellate judges in his first year than any president—ever. Emily Bazelon,staff writer for the New York Times Magazine, explains the changes in the courts so far. Plus, the Left, Right & Center panel names the winners and losers of the year, revisits some predictions they made on Inauguration Day, and makes a few more for the coming year.
Photo: Michael Vadon
Josh Barro
Former host of Left, Right & Center
Rich Lowry
National Review / KCRW's Left, Right & Center
Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nation
Katie Beurskens
Production assistant, 'Left, Right & Center'
Laura Dine Million
Producer, 'Left, Right and Center'
Keli Goff
Fill-in host, KCRW’s 'Left, Right & Center;' columnist, Daily Beast; former host, WNYC's 'Political Party with Keli Goff'
Seung Min Kim
Politico
Emily Bazelon
Staff writer, New York Times; co-host, Slate Political Gabfest podcast