What small business owners are telling members of Congress. Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to report on an SBE Council member’s upcoming testimony in Congress about the unfavorable small business policy environment.

How are President Obama's small business policies working? Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss Obama’s proposal to consolidate the various agencies that serve small businesses, plus the problems with his proposed tax proposals.

Why didn't President Obama have anything for small business in his state-of-the-union speech? Karen Kerrigan joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the rhetoric in Obama’s State of the Union Address and the absence of small business issues.

Should the Keystone Pipeline be built? Jim Blasingame reveals what various groups think about about building the Keystone Pipeline, President Obama's decision to not build it, and a poll that showed small business owners disagree with him.

Why isn't Obama talking about his health care accomplishments? Jim Copland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why Obama didn't even mention his health care bill in the State of the Union address.

President Obama keeps picking winners and losers. Jim Copland joins Jim Blasingame to expose the inconsistencies of Obama's State of the Union speech as he talked about fairness and proposed inequitable programs.

All president's use the state of the union speech for political purposes. Jim Copland joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how State of the Union addresses have been used by all modern presidents for their political advantage.

Can Gingrich outlast Romney? Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to predict that Gingrich's lack of a national organization will prevent him from maintaining his current momentum across the U.S., and that Romney will be the GOP nominee.

Politicians aren't smart enough to pick winners and losers. Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about President Obama's unaltered strategy of trying to pick marketplace winners and losers, and only liking certain kinds of jobs, rather than just jobs.

How well did Obama use his bully pulpit? Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to report on the constitutional history of the State of the Union speech and how President Obama did with his this year.