Quote of the Day: "We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." -- John F. Kennedy

Hour One: How can Obama win despite the Republicans?

Quote of the Day: Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture. -- Charles W. Pickering

Hour One: Thom's take on the Republican 'wave'

Hour Two: Was the right more on point with their message and should they have won even bigger or was it all about the money? Thom has a rumble with Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute www.businessandmedia.org

All eyes are on the mid-term elections. What's at stake for progressives? What will your COUNTRY look like on November 3rd? Tune into Free Speech TV's live election coverage starting at 8pm eastern time. I'm co-hosting from Washington DC along with Amy Goodman and Laura Flanders in New York, and David Sirota and Gloria Neal from the Free Speech TV headquarters in Denver. Free Speech TV is the nation's only independent na

While the House of Representatives is all but guaranteed to fall under Republican control by the end of the day, the Senate still offers hope for Democrats. Having a 59 seat majority heading into the election, 3 seats are already lost to Dems in Indiana, North Dakota, and Arkansas where Blanche Lincoln is down nearly 20 points – holding out on health care reform really helped her, huh?