The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Marcia Johnson-Blanco, Co-Director of the Lawyers' Committee's Voting Rights Project.

They discuss the organization's important work, specifically what they're doing to help ensure that every American can exercise their right to vote, including in the Midterm elections.

The website for the Lawyers’ Committee is lawyerscommittee.org and their Twitter handle is @LawyersComm. Marcia's handle is @mfjblanco.

Additionally, the Lawyers’ Committee powers '866-OUR-VOTE,' which is working 365 days a year to advance and defend your right to vote.

You can call 866-OUR-VOTE with your voting questions and issues. Their website is 866OURVOTE.org.

Brad is then joined by Dr. Robert Shapiro, Chairman of Sonecon, an economic advisory firm and a Senior Fellow of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

He is an internationally-known economist who has advised, among others, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Jr., British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and then U.S. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. He was Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs in the Clinton Administration.

Brad talks with Dr. Shapiro about his new blog, titled, "C’mon, Democrats, Tout Your Economic Record: It’s a Very Good Story." (link here: https://www.sonecon.com/cmon-democrats-tout-your-economic-record-its-a-very-good-story/)

His website is Sonecon.com and his Twitter handle is @RobShapiro.

Brad writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.

You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.

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