Alan J. Steinberg served as Regional Administrator of Region 2 EPA during the administration of former President George W. Bush. Region 2 EPA consists of the states of New York and New Jersey, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, He a New York-based political analyst who is a writer and frequent radio and TV commentator. He also is on the political science faculty of Monmouth University.

Alan and host Jim Williams talk about the new series of sexual allegations; they look at the possibility of the GOP pushing through a budget deal that only 27 percent of the country supports. Also, will the government shutdown come at the end of next week?

These are a few topics that Alan and Jim tackle. A big announcement from Karl McCollester our new partner Voterheads.com. We get to know Karl and his great new service.