The Northern Alliance Radio Network will be on the air today, with our four-hour-long broadcast schedule starting at 11 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, I’m going to do my best to get Mitch fired from NPR. In the meantime, we’ll talk about this week in politics, including the new Rasmussen poll for the Minnesota gubernatorial race that shifted its likely-voter model six points in the direction of Democrats, how Harry Reid saved the world, and take a close look at early voting in other states and what it means for the Republicans in 10 days. Plus, we’ll also talk with Sanu Patel-Zellinger about her race to win a seat in the state House, and Chris Barden will explain his new report on malfeasance in the Attorney General’s office.

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.