Is the GOP struggle to select a speaker who can run the chamber a crisis, or is there just not enough wind to push the boat? Todd says it's the latter, the result of divided politics. We discuss. Then, we talk to Red Jahncke from the.Red.line.com.

Ken Nelson, a member of the Enfield town council, updates us on the town assessor's war on tax payers and attempts to fix it. Then, Todd discusses how Sean Hannity is helping Jim Jordan on his campaign for speaker.

RANTS start us off during the 5pm hour, plus phone calls. Then we wing it with Michael Liebowitz, host of The Rational Egoist podcast.

We take calls, then talk Hamas with Chris Powell.

We listen to an Israeli blogger, and Rob Sampson explains the mess that is state government.

More Rants, more phones, more Middle east this hour.

The Rant Line happens first on Friday, so we play Rants and take phone calls as Todd features clips from the BBC of the former head of British Intelligence, Alex Younger, on the nature of terrorism in general and the similarities between intelligence failures of the Israelis last week and the U.S. on Sept 11th.

We play RANTS and talk election rigging schemes. Then, we talk with Reese. Visit ReeseOnTheRadio.com.

We collect more thoughts on Hamas and Israel, and we talk to 21 year old GEO about his trip to Jerusalem, where he walked where Jesus once walked. We need more perspective - that was his message.

We talk to Jonathan Tobin, editor in chief of Jewish News Service and a hard-liner on Hamas. Then callers respond to his take - that the only to bring peace to Gaza is to eliminate Hamas.