Nothing gets the political juices flowing like watching "The McLaughlin Group" dissect the week's top Washington developments in anything but an unbiased fashion every Sunday morning. But insurers  had the opportunity to see these political pundits trade barbs live today in  Orlando during the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum, focusing on President Barack Obama's performance thus far, and the likelihood of a quick economic turnaround.

As usual, there wasn't even a pretense of objectivity as a quartet of seasoned cynics took their best shots at Democrats and Republicans alike, with the ancient but still feisty Mr. McLaughlin skewering every one of them if they avoided any of his questions or contradicted themselves from past pontifications.

But beyond the political theater of the absurd in which they perform to earn their keep, the four made their fair share of keen observations.