Neal Asbury opened the show by suggesting that there were two significant themes that highlighted President Obama’s Oval Office speech last week. The first is the end of combat operations in Iraq, which is a great achievement that deserves recognition. But Asbury maintained that Obama lost an opportunity to show some bipartisan support by not recognizing the role that ex-president George Bush played in approving the surge that turned the tide in Iraq.

The second theme highlighted in the speech was the President’s acknowledgment that “he could now concentrate on the economy.” Asbury pondered that while the President has a full plate, and that he enjoys multitasking, “why did it take the end of combat operations in Iraq to remind him that the economy needs his full attention?” Asbury proposed that while Americans are certainly engaged in following the war, millions more are engaged in finding jobs. “We have an economic war in this country, and we’re losing it. It’s about time this administration put as much effort toward this war than they did in Iraq and Afghanistan. That includes cutting taxes and reducing the uncertainty that is keeping entrepreneurs and small businesses on the sidelines and postponing the hiring that could turn around this economy,” said Asbury, who added, “We can’t afford to lose this war, because it would diminish this country’s standing here and abroad. Come on President Obama; let’s win this economic war by fighting for American jobs.”

Making his third appearance on Neal Asbury’s Truth For America was Dr. Eric Wargotz, Republican U.S. Senatorial Candidate for Maryland. An experienced leader and activist; a physician-businessman, conservative, and conservationist, Dr. Wargotz knows what it takes to work as a team and to build consensus.

As an early endorser of Dr. Wargotz’s campaign, “Truth for America” was encouraged that Dr. Wargotz has closed the gap by 9 percentage points between him and Senator Barbara Mikulski, the 34-year incumbent that he is characterizing as an “Insidersaurus” in a series of ads running in Maryland. Dr. Wargotz is currently 16 points behind Mikulski, closer than the 19 point gap facing Scott Brown in Massachusetts before he closed the gap and won the Senatorial seat in a stunning upset.

Dr. Wargotz voiced his concern that the government “was out of control,” largely due to an incumbency that has failed to perform its responsibilities. He points to his opponent Senator Mikulski as an example. He acknowledges that while she had some achievements years ago, there is a myth that she can not be beaten, which has largely prevented his campaign from getting the media attention he thinks he deserves. But that is quickly changing, even garnering some national attention for his race.

“If a bus is heading over a cliff, do we stick with the same driver?” he asked. “People want hard working, common sense representatives.”

As the gap between Senator Mikulski closes, Wargotz predicts that the Democrats will heat up the campaign by running ads that “create a rosy economic picture. But this time people won’t buy into it.”

“People are tired of the political rhetoric of this Administration and its misrepresentation of history. We need to adhere to, and respect the Constitution, and restore its pertinence for today’s political environment,” concluded Wargotz.

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