Los Angeles lawyer Louis J. Shapiro weighs in on the Steubenville, Ohio, rape trial and how CNN completely bungled its coverage of the verdict, political reporter David Cay Johnston takes a close look at the ups and downs of America’s economic progress, and Current TV contributor David Shuster and Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift dig into the latest on the GOP, including highlights from the Conservative Political Action Conference and Sarah Palin taking on Karl Rove. Then Salon.com contributor David Sirota returns to discuss why Colorado’s residents are starting to vote for more progressive ideas. Recently, the state legalized civil unions for same-sex couples and approved a bill requiring universal background checks for guns sales. And the Koch brothers are back at it for the GOP — The Nation’s Lee Fang joins to discuss.