• Chairman/Congressman Steve Israel, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC): The GOP strategy for killing Obamacare
• Cherylyn Harley LeBon, Project 21 National Advisory Board: Why would African Americans want to disenfranchise black voters?
• Plus, Government shutdown...brought to you by Citizens United
• Eric Schlosser, Command and Control: The illusion of nuclear safety

• Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT): "Brunch With Bernie"
• Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director-Greenpeace: Greenpeace activism and climate change...
• Anything Goes on Townhall Friday!

It's the third day of the government shutdown, and Congress appears no closer to a resolution. President Obama and Senate Democrats continue to call for a clean government funding bill, and Tea Party Republicans are still holding our nation hostage with a long list of demands. All the while, Republican leaders claim that the shutdown is the democrats' fault for being unwilling to negotiate.

You wouldn't know it by listening to right-wing media, but Obamacare is off to a great start. On the first day of open enrollment, millions of Americans around our nation visited online marketplaces, and tens of thousands of people created accounts. The overwhelming demand for information did leave several sites running slowly, but overall, the first day of the Affordable Care Act was a huge success.