• Karl Frisch of Bullfight Strategies calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to do post-debate cleanup and to co-host Right Wing World
• Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) calls in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about last night’s debate in Denver and the importance of Colorado to the presidential race
• Political Strategist Dave “Mudcat” Saunders calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to update us on the Powell/Cantor race in Virginia, and to handicap last night’s debate
• Jane Wilson, AKA “Janeane From Des Moines”, the star of the Mockumentary by the same name that caught all of the GOP candidates off guard joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 11:20am ET / 8:20am PT
• Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood calls in at 11:45am ET / 8:45am PT with her reaction to last night’s debate in Denver
• Policy largely trumped “zingers” in the first debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as the two sparred on issues as varied as taxes and spending, entitlements, education and more.
• Amid the widespread judgment by the news media that Mitt Romney beat President Obama in their first debate, top Obama aides argued that Romney came off as unlikable and failed to offer the policy specifics Americans want.