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

• Thomas Mann & Norman Ornstein, authors of “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks”, call in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP causing dysfunction in DC

• Melanie Roussell, DNC National Press Secretary, calls in from Charlotte at 10am ET / 7am PT to give us a preview of next week’s DNC

• Current TV and WeActRadio’s David Shuster calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the bad behavior of some delegates at the RNC

• Political Strategist Dave “Mudcat” Saunders calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to update us on Wayne Powell for Congress in VA, and give us his impressions on the RNC

• Deirdre Schifeling, National Political and Organizing Director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, calls in at 11:30am from Tampa to talk about their efforts to educate and mobilize voters

• Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan last night formally accepted his spot on the ticket, calling on voters to give America a “turnaround” – and pledging that if elected, he and Mitt Romney will not “duck the tough issues” but “take responsibility” for the nation’s future.

• John McCain last night railed against President Obama for his foreign policy record, lamenting what he cast as a “demand for leadership” in America, and calling on voters to elect Romney “the next leader of the free world.”