And the stakes are high. Polls now show a dead heat between the two men – and even swing state polls show a much tighter race. Mitt Romney has already made his debate strategy very clear – which is to lie every chance he gets – and run away from every far right position he’s taken over the last year in hopes of painting himself as a moderate.

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Hour One: Are CEO's forcing people to vote Republican? David Keating, Center for Competitive Politics / Plus, Bringing American jobs home - David Friend, Carbonite

Over the weekend, labor reporter Mike Elk with In These Times magazine revealed that the Koch brothers sent political fliers to all of their 45,000 employees at Georgia Pacific – hinting that their jobs might be on the line if they don’t vote for Mitt Romney. The letter warns that if employees elect Barack Obama, then “many of our more than 50,000 U.S.

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Hour One: How about that debate last night? Joshua Holland, Alternet

The Romney/Ryan ticket walked into a buzz saw Thursday night during the Vice Presidential debate. That buzz saw was named Joe Biden. In stark contrast from President Obama’s debate performance last week – Joe Biden was the aggressor all night – not letting one convenient lie from Paul Ryan go unchallenged.

Vice President Joe Biden will square off against Paul Ryan in tonight’s Vice Presidential debate. If the first presidential debate last week was any indication, then expect Paul Ryan to act just like Mitt Romney and to run as fast as he can from the radical positions that he’s taken.

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Hour One: GOP's war on women...what's at stake in this election? Nancy Northrup, Center for Reproductive Rights

You ain’t seen nothing yet. A new report by Open Secrets reveals that non-Party SuperPACs and “dark money” groups with mystery donors have spent more than a half billion dollars this election cycle – more than the total amount of spending by non-party groups in every election since 1990 COMBINED.

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Hour One: Vote for Jesus on November 6th? Bill Keller, Live Prayer

Hour Two: Supreme Court at risk of becoming too...liberal? Adam Freedman, The Naked Constitution

Hour Three: The bankster difference...Greece vs. Iceland

The International Monetary Fund cut its growth forecasts for the world economy – and warned that there is a “alarmingly high” risk of deep economic slowdown. IMF projections now show the global economy growing by a mere 3.3% this year – the slowest growth since 2009.

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Hour One: Happy Indigenous People's Day...the truth about Columbus Day

Hour Two: Why does the church have the right to tell you how and when to die? Dr. Arthur Caplan

Hour Three: Why Bhutan did the opposite of privatization / Plus, foreign policy Romney style - Doug Wilson, Obama 2012

A Tea Party organization has drawn the attention of a Member of Congress for its efforts to suppress the Democratic vote. The group True the Vote has filed a lawsuit in Ohio to kick thousands of minorities, students, and impoverished residents off the voting rolls – claiming they aren’t properly registered.

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Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls

New jobs numbers released today show the economy added 114,000 jobs in September. The Department of Labor also said the economy added 86,000 more jobs than previously estimated in July and August. Most promising for President Obama’s re-election hopes, the unemployment rate dropped from 8.1% down to 7.8% - the lowest it’s been since President Obama took office in January of 2009.