Karl Frisch of Bullfight Strategies calls in at 9am ET / 6am PT to co-host Right Wing World

• Thomas Mann & Norman Ornstein, authors of “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks”, call in at 9:30am ET / 6:30am PT to talk about the GOP causing dysfunction in DC

Melanie Roussell, DNC National Press Secretary, calls in from Charlotte at 10am ET / 7am PT to give us a preview of next week’s DNC

Current TV and WeActRadio’s David Shuster calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about the bad behavior of some delegates at the RNC

• Political Strategist Dave “Mudcat” Saunders calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to update us on Wayne Powell for Congress in VA, and give us his impressions on the RNC

• Deirdre Schifeling, National Political and Organizing Director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, calls in at 11:30am from Tampa to talk about their efforts to educate and mobilize voters

• Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan last night formally accepted his spot on the ticket, calling on voters to give America a “turnaround” – and pledging that if elected, he and Mitt Romney will not “duck the tough issues” but “take responsibility” for the nation’s future.

John McCain last night railed against President Obama for his foreign policy record, lamenting what he cast as a “demand for leadership” in America, and calling on voters to elect Romney “the next leader of the free world.”