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

• Ari Berman of The Nation calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to tell us what Conservatives are doing to weaken the Voting Rights Act

• Road-testing his State of the Union message for the first time since his speech, President Obama yesterday visited a factory in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains that he said exemplified his second-term vision for manufacturing growth.

• President Obama continues his post-State of the Union road show today in Decatur, Ga., where he will unveil details of his plan to expand preschool programs, which he mentioned during his address Tuesday night.

• The Senate will hold a test vote on Friday to move toward final confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., as President Barack Obama’s next secretary of defense.

• House Speaker John Boehner has in the past sounded pessimistic about the prospect of gun control legislation passing this year, but yesterday he said that Congress has a “responsibility” to try to reduce gun violence.

• Oscar Pistorius, the South African double amputee “Blade Runner” who competed as a sprinter in the London Olympics, is under police custody Thursday after allegedly shooting and killing his girlfriend.