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Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

Meme:
- So, Senator Talent, as a corrupt gay bashing homo loving child molesting Republican, will you kill yourself now or must we vote you all out of office first?
- So, Ms McCaskill, we've handed you the election on a silver platter and it's a forgone conclusion that you'll sweep back to power and all will be right with the world, so how long before peace breaks out all over the planet, everyone loves us again and embryonic stem cells cure all of the diseases that evil Republicans have forced on us all of these years?
- Saint Bob! Saint Bob! Your book has been run off of the front pages by the Foley scandal. What can we do to fix that?
Topics:
- "Meet the Press with Tim Russert" presents the fourth debate in its award-winning "Senate Debate Series" with another one of the most closely watched Senate races: Missouri, where the latest polls showing a statistical dead-heat
- All of Washington is talking about Bob Woodward's new book, "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III," which was dubbed by Slate magazine as "the hottest book in the country right now" and this Sunday we will see why.
Guests
- Incumbent Senator Jim Talent, Republican - Missouri
  - Senate web site | Bio | Campaign web site
  - Bush attends event for Sen. Jim Talent (Pittsburg Morning Sun, KS - Sep 8, 2006)
  - Where The Senate Stands - Part I (RealClearPolitics Blog - Oct 6, 2006)
  - Race for Senate control tightens (USA Today - Oct 5, 2006)
  - Polls: Democrats lead in Senate races (Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - Oct 6, 2006)
  - Battleground Dispatches for Oct. 6 (CQPolitics.com, DC - Oct 6, 2006)
  - GOP asks federal agency to step in (St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Oct 6, 2006)
  - Outside money fuels Missouri Senate race (MSNBC - Oct 4, 2006)
- State Auditor Claire McCaskill, Democrat - Missouri
  - Missouri auditor page | Campaign web site | Bio
  - Actor Michael J. Fox to host McCaskill fundraiser (Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Oct 6, 2006)
  - A learning experience for progressive politics (People's Weekly World - Oct 5, 2006)
  - McCaskill in the lead, poll finds (News-Leader.com, MO - Oct 6, 2006)
  - Claire McCaskill intern updated Facebook info. (UM Maneater, MO - Sep 29, 2006)
  - Claire McCaskill at a glance (Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Sep 5, 2006)
  - Campaign '06: The Paris Primary (TIME - Oct 5, 2006)
  - Beware — this grilling can burn (Kansas City Star, MO - Oct 6, 2006)
- Bob Woodward
  - Assistant managing editor of the Washington Post | Biography from Harry Walker Agency
  - Author, "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III" | About the book
  - Denying Woodward (Yahoo! News - Oct 6, 2006)
  - Bob Woodward, Revealed at Last! (American Politics Journal, FL - Oct 4, 2006)
  - Rumsfeld goes from hero to zero in just three Woodward books. (Slate - Oct 4, 2006)
  - Bob Woodward Defends Claims Made in New Book (FOX News - Oct 4, 2006)
  - NATO Chief Denies Quotes in Woodward Book (U.S. News & World Report, DC - Oct 4, 2006)
  - US European Commander Confirms Quotes in Book (Washington Post - Oct 5, 2006)
  - Bob Woodward's 'Secret' Chart Wasn't (Human Events, DC - Oct 4, 2006)
  - White House denies Bush called Blackwell a ’nut’ (Columbus Dispatch - Oct 3, 2006)
  - The doyen of capital insiders has written a misleading account of the debate that led to war (The Atlantic Monthly - June 2003)
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