With Election Day less than two weeks away - dozens of races across the country are just too close to call. But while polling may show that Democrats and Republicans are in virtual dead-heats - the views that the two parties have for the future of America couldn't be more different.

Harold Holzer, Lincoln and the Power of the Press joins Thom Hartmann.

Patrick Hedger, American Encore & Christy Setzer, New Heights Communications & Jennifer Kerns, Washington Times / The Blaze all join Thom Hartmann.

Tonight’s “Big Picture Rumble” discusses Labor Secretary Tom Perez’s take down of Gov. Chris Christie over the minimum wage, North Dakota’s extreme anti-choice ballot measure and whether felons who have served their time should be allowed to vote. In tonight's “Conversations with Great Minds" Thom talks with Historian Harold Holzer, author of the new book “Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion.”