The Northern Alliance Radio Network will be on the air today, with our eight-hour-long broadcast schedule starting at 9 am CT. If you’re in the Twin Cities, you can hear us on AM 1280 The Patriot, or on the station’s Internet stream if you’re outside of the broadcast area.

• The First Team: Power Line’s John Hinderaker and Chad and Brian from Fraters Libertas, 11-1
• The Headliners: Mitch Berg and Ed Morrissey, 1-3 with live streaming video and chat

Today, we have a number of great guests, beginning in the bottom of the first hour with the Taxpayers League’s Phil Krinkie. Dan McGrath joins us at the top of the second hour to talk about the latest from Minnesota Majority, and at the bottom of the second hour, MN-05 candidate Joel Demos brings us up to speed in his challenge to Keith Ellison. Mitch and I will spend the rest of the show talking about the week in politics, including the Survey USA poll that puts Mark Dayton ahead by five points in the gubernatorial race, and the surge in the out-state districts that may well push Tom Emmer across the finish line first. At some point, we’ll all have a laugh about the one decision Barack Obama cited as his “best ever.”

Be sure to call 651-289-4488 to join the conversation!

Mitch and I now live-stream our show from 1-3 pm CT on Ustream, complete with live chat, which can be seen on the permanent Ed Morrissey Show page at Hot Air. Be sure to register for free at Ustream to participate in our raucous live-chat sessions. (And if the log-in prompt doesn’t come up in the chat box below, use this link instead.)

Also, Pepsi has its Refresh Everything “Good Idea” contest, in which people vote for the best ideas to see which get funding at the end of October. Winning one of the $50,000 grants would put us in excellent shape to continue our ministry to marriages. People can vote for TCME at the Refresh Everything page or right here in this widget, and can cast one vote each day from each computer to which voters have access:

We joke a lot about politics and voting, but in this case, the Chicago Way applies — vote early, vote often, and vote every day! If you don’t want to register for the contest, simply text “103165” to Pepsi (73774) from your cell phone every day.