So you can listen to my NPR appearance in Los Angeles on Air Talk hosted by Larry Mantle here (works better in Real Player). The other guest was veteran UCLA Professor Rick Brown, who was playing the lefty here–while I was doing my best to play the straight man and give a vaguely direct explanation of what I thought the Republicans were up to. If you’re as confused by Romney as I am, here’s the weekend headline about wanting coverage for all in 4 years that I’m referring to. That puts him to the left of Obama!

BTW I did this call on a cell phone from a hallway in San Francisco’s most expensive hospital (no prizes for guess which one) so my voice quality is a little spottier even than usual. Still it’s a short and relatively interesting piece.