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LiveBlog for Thursday, August 23, 2012

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• Columnist and tweeter Karl Frisch of Bullfight Strategies calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to co-host Right Wing World

• Sexy Liberal John Fugelsang joins us from the Bill Press Studios at 9:30am ET /6:30am PT for Thursdays With Fugelsang

• Country music superstar Chely Wright calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to commiserate with Steph on what it’s like to be cancelled from Hannity

• Political Strategist Dave “Mudcat” Saunders calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about the effect of Todd Akin’s rape comments on the 2012 races

• Actress Jean Smart (Designing Women) calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about her role in the upcoming play about female revolutionaries, “Recipe”

Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate appears to have energized some likely voters in Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin, according to a new Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times poll.

• President Obama weighed in on Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin’s controversial comments about “legitimate rape” Wednesday, mocking Akin by saying he “somehow missed science class.”

President Obama continues to beat Mitt Romney among African American voters with a staggering 94 percent to 0 percent lead, according to a poll released Tuesday.