Mitt Romney's Michigan gold. An economic stimulus package brews in Washington. And cloned meat is cleared for the supermarket. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Guests:

David Gergen, director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, has been advisor to four U.S. presidents.

Ellen Goodman, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist at the Boston Globe.

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly.