We are going to be talking with University of Washington Pollster - Loren Collingwood. Topics will include R 71 in Washington, Maine, NY23 , New Jersey, Virginia and some mayoral elections. Will also discuss what trends we can expect in 2010.

We will be talking with Ministry of Truth who has written a host of War Crime Torture Diaries at both the Progressive Electorate and Daily Kos. We will discuss where the DOJ stands on prosecuting War Crimes as well as get into other timely subjects of the day.

We will be joined by William Barnes - a Candidate for The Birmingham City Council in 2009- District 9. We will be talking about the growth of the City of Birmingham and a vision for Birmingham.

We will be joined for a special session with Bob Moser who wrote Blue Dixie: Awakening the South's Democratic Majority. We will talk to Bob about his book as well as his thoughts on the changing landscape of Southern politics after the 2008 elections.

Bob Moser is an awarding winning political correspondent who has written for a number of publications. Bob has chronicled Southern Politics for nearly two decades.

To read more about Blue Dixie: Here is an interview at Firedog Lake - http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/16/fdl-book-salon-welcomes-bob-moser-blue-dixie/

And here are our thoughts on the book: http://www.progressiveelectorate.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=700

Joseph Cao defeated Bill Jefferson last night in the Louisiana 02 Congressional district. Congressman Cao will be the first Vietnamese-American member of Congress. Cao has a fascinating story and we want you to meet him. He will representing much of the New Orleans area.

I interview 9 year old Thomas Hall about what President Obama means for him.

The Progressive Electorate breaks down Election 2008

The Progressive Electorate breaks down Election 2008. We will be joined again by Loren Collingwood, our resident pollster from University of Washington. We are going to talk about a lot of elections, but will spend a good amount of time on Texas and Rick Noriega.

The Progressive Electorate breaks down Election 2008

We will be talking to Congressional Candidates Glenn Melancon (TX-04) and Josh Segall (AL-03)as well as Analyze the Alabama political races with Mooncat from Left in Alabama and talk again with Loren Collingwood about the key Swing States polls and other trends.

Mooncat from LeftnAlabama - www.leftinalabama.com - will be a special guest to talk about the Alabama races

Glenn Melancon is taking on Ralph Hall in a North Texas race. Josh Segall is taking on Mike Rogers in Alabama 03.