Republicans from around the nation meet in Minnesota's Twin Cities to formally nominate John McCain, hold planning meetings and rally the troops for the fall. After the last piece of confetti falls, we’ll look at what was said at the Republican National Convention, how much of an impact it made and where the Grand Old Party goes from here.

Guests

• Dean Spiliotes, New Hampshire-based political analyst who's taught at Dartmouth College and St. Anselm College; he's the author of NHPoliticalCapital.com
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“Today’s lightning-fast culture demands an upgraded set of rules for the contemporary activist,” says Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder of DailyKos.com. He says the web provides a powerful tool for average people to “rise up and get your voices heard”. We'll talk with Zuniga about his blog and his new book, that’s been called “a guerrilla manual for political insurgency.”

Guest

• Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder of the liberal blog Dailykos.com and author of Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era

The Exchange takes a break for a Labor Day special by the World Vision Report. Around the globe men and women are constantly seeking new ways to make a living. In a small African village they’re using peanut butter to get out of poverty. In India, women rent their wombs to childless couples in the West and in Ghana, coffin makers produce custom made boxes that reflect what the dead did for a living.

Four days of planning meetings, strategy sessions and troop-rallying addresses from a who’s who of the most influential, loyal and up and coming Democrats. We’ll look back at the four days of the Democratic National Convention, what was said and the splash it made.

Guests

• Allan Bonner, political journalist for several international publications and author of Media Relations
• Dante Scala, associate professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire, author of the GraniteProf political blog and contributor to PolitickerNH.com
• Dean Spiliotes, New Hampshire-based political analyst who's taught at Dartmouth College and St. Anselm College; he's the author of NHPoliticalCapital.com

We'll also hear from

• Peter Burling, Democratic state senator from Cornish and delegate to the Democratic National Convention
• Chuck Douglas, vice chair of John McCain's presidential campaign in New Hampshire, former New Hampshire Congressman and State Supreme Court Justice