American Enterprise Institute’s John Fortier: Government Gridlock if Obama Can’t Move to the Middle
Kicking off his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Truth for America Show” on WZAB-AM, Neal Asbury opened the show by suggesting it was time for the administration to stop looking for reasons to explain their failure during the midterms, and to stop blaming it on poor communication. “It’s not about what they said, it’s what they did,” said Asbury. Asbury took the administration to task for their failure to successfully advance America’s... Read More
John C. Fortier-Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
John Fortier is the principal contributor to the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project and executive director of the Continuity of Government Commission. A political scientist who has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Delaware, Boston College, and Harvard University, Mr. Fortier has written numerous scholarly and popular articles. His books include Second-Term Blues: How George W. Bush Has Governed (Brookings Institution... Read More
California Congressman Tom McClintock: Jerry Brown Will Be What President Obama is to the Country
California Congressman Tom McClintock Predicts Jerry Brown will be to California what President Obama is to the Rest of the Country – A Big Wake Up Call Neal Asbury opened the show by declaring that “Harry Reid is at it again—pushing for programs that are going against the will of the American people.” In particular, Asbury was aghast that Reid and fellow Democrats are trying to run out the clock by voting against extending the Bush tax cuts. “By... Read More
Texas Congressman Kevin Brady: Republicans will Reinvigorate America’s Free Trade Policies
Texas Congressman Kevin Brady Vows that Republicans will Reinvigorate America’s Free Trade Policies. Joining Truth for America was Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) who represents the 8th District of Texas. A pro-family, pro-small business conservative, Kevin’s strong belief in free enterprise guides him as the Senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, and as newly elected chairman of the House Subcommittee on Trade. Congressman Brady... Read More
NRCC Communications Director Ken Spain: Relishing Repeat Fight Against Obama, Reid and Pelosi
Joining Truth for America was the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) Communication’s Director Ken Spain. The NRCC works to elect Republicans to the United States House of Representatives. Weighing in on the discussion, in addition to Neal Asbury and Rich Roffman, was Paul Anderson, Senior Fellow at United States Congress, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a former Commissioner-Designated Chairman at the Federal... Read More
Former White House Press Secretary John Carlson: A Disastrous Future for California
Former White House Press Secretary John Carlson sees a Disastrous Future for California as it Struggles with Unemployment, Immigration and the Environment Neal Asbury opened the show by declaring that he was saddened by President Obama’s performance during his Asian trip, where he failed to push the US agenda and have it supported by world leaders. “Our President was scolded by our global trading partners during the G-20 Summit. America is... Read More
Congressman Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady considers it an honor to be representing the 8th District of Texas in the U.S House of Representatives. A pro-family, pro-small business conservative, Kevin’s strong belief in free enterprise guides him as the Senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee. A Deputy Whip for the GOP Leadership team, Kevin serves on the House Ways & Means Committee, considered by many to be the most powerful committee in Congress, with... Read More
Congressman Tom McClintock
Congressman Tom McClintock was elected in November 2008 to represent the 4th Congressional District in the United States Congress. During 22 years in the California State Legislature, and as a candidate for governor in California’s historic recall election, Tom McClintock has become one of the most recognizable political leaders in California. First elected to the California Assembly at the age of 26, McClintock quickly distinguished himself as... Read More
Looking at Strike Three
If President Obama was trying to revive his approval ratings with his foreign tour and dance demonstrations, he’s heading in the wrong direction. First, he struck out in South Korea on getting a badly needed Free Trade Agreement ratified. Now he’s struck out again in the G-20 Summit where he was unable to convince world leaders to approve US currency policy changes and to put pressure on China to stop manipulating their currency. While there... Read More
What Took You So Long To Wake Up To Trade?
In addition to all the promising changes we hope to see in our government after the Republican election landslide, the Democratic meltdown seems to have awakened President Obama’s interest in trade. Yes, we were initially optimistic that trade would take the forefront of his policies when in his State of the Union address he promised to double exports in five years. But then nothing happened. Now he is embarking on a trip to Asia to expand trade... Read More
