• Sexy Liberal Hal Sparks joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 9am ET / 6am PT for all three hours of Humpdays With Hal

• Anchor, author, and pundit Jeff Greenfield calls in at 9:50am ET / 6:50am PT to talk about his new book, “*43”, about what would have happened had Al Gore become president in 2000

• Rebuking Mitt Romney on “Late Night with David Letterman” last night, President Obama said that Americans are not “victims” and that anyone seeking the presidency ought to be working for “everyone, not just some.”

• President Obama now holds a narrow lead over Mitt Romney in the key swing states of Virginia, Wisconsin and Colorado, according to a new Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times survey.

• Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told New Hampshire voters Tuesday that President Obama has created a safety net that encourages dependency and “drains people of their will and their incentive to make the most of their lives.”

• Chicago’s teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines, ending a stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over teacher evaluations and job security, two issues at the heart of efforts to reform the nation’s public schools.