michael smerconish

Smerconish, who unusually among conservative radio hosts endorsed Obama for president in 2008, teased the move on his Twitter account Wednesday morning, writing, "Haven't tweeted for a while....but this is big...making major announcement on air at 730am....clue: fireside chats"A major topic of discussion on the show, which will involve a call-in component, will be the president's health care reform efforts, which have draw increasing criticism from conservatives and independent voters. "There are no ground rules. I am not prescreening with the White House on what the subject matter will be," Smerconish said in a statement announcing the show. But he used his morning and afternoon programs Wednesday to seek out listeners with "pointed direct and substantive questions about Health Care," he said.

"We're looking for questions that have not already been asked," he added.Smerconish told The Post that he had submitted multiple interview requests to the White House through his publisher over a period of months before his producer got a call last Thursday inviting him to come down to do his show from the White House. He said he did not know why his request was granted now.President Obama has invited conservative Philadelphia talk radio host Michael A. Smerconish to broadcast his nationally-syndicated radio show from the White House Thursday afternoon, a first for radio during his administration.Torture: Once we identify the bad guys, we have to get the information from them on impending attacks by any means necessary, and that includes torture.Term limits: We need citizen politicians, not professionals.

Two Senate terms and six in the House will ensure we get grounded folks who are capable of earning a living when not serving us.Entitlements: Social Security, Medicare, and other programs make up more than half our federal spending. We can’t afford to continue the status quo. Yo, AARP: The retirement age has to be raised to seventy.Death taxes: We work hard trying to lead a comfortable life and leave a nest egg for our children. It’s un-American that when we check out, Uncle Sam will stand there with his hand out to tax our earnings for the second time. The estate tax must go.Guns: A symptom, not a cause. Single-parent households pose more of a threat to safety than !rearms.