Just over a week before the midterm elections and we’ve got a very politically minded show lined up on The Agenda. David Kuo will join us to talk about how the Bush administration cuddles up to right-wing conservatives during election season, but when it comes to governing, most White House staffers do not have nice things to say about evangelicals. He saw it all working in the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and wrote the new book Tempting Faith.

Susan Estrich sat down with Joe this week to talk about her new book Soulless, which takes Ann Coulter head-on for her cynical brand of dirty politics and rhetoric. Estrich is a professor at the University of Southern California Law School and a Fox News contributor, and was campaign manager for Michael Dukakis in 1988.

Mike Berman will join us again on The Agenda to give some insights on the upcoming elections. Berman is a veteran Washington insider and reads daily poll numbers like other people read the weather report.

While gains for GLBT equality are not often had in Congress, American businesses are leading the way in treating all of their employees fairly. To talk about this phenomenon, Bob Witeck and Wes Combs of Witeck-Combs Communications will join us. They’ll discuss their new book Business Inside Out.

All that and a lot more on The Agenda this week, so join us Monday evening live from 6 to 8 p.m. Eastern, only on XM channel 200.

We continue to heat up our political coverage on The Agenda as we go into the home stretch of the campaign season. Last night we started out with a conversation with Michele Lawrence Jawando of People for the American Way. She is coordinating the Election Protection project to ensure that voters are not intimidated and do not face problems casting their ballots

We also talked with John Harris - national political editor at The Washington Post and author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008 with Mark Halperin. Harris shared his insights into the midterm elections as well as what he calls the “trade secrets” necessary to winning the presidency in 2008. Listen to his segment here.

Joining us in-studio for Cup of Joe were Gretchen and Kathryn Hamm - a mother/daughter pair who help plan gay weddings and founded the sites TwoBrides.com and TwoGrooms.com and now run GayWeddings.com. Gretchen is a saucy Texan who has become active in her community and at the national level to ensure that her lesbian daughter has the same rights as her straight son. Listen to both segments with the Hamms here and here.

We always like to have a little humor on The Agenda so we invited lesbian comedian Karen Williams, founder of the HaHA Institute. She’s a regular fixture on the HRC dinner circuit and had some great stories to share with Joe and Mary. Listen here.

We had so much fun last time Zack Grey was on the show, we had to have him back. He’s an L.A.-based pet trainer and appears in the new hit Lifetime show Off the Leash that follows dog owners who want their little pooch to be the next Lassie or Rin-Tin-Tin.

We’ve got another exciting show shaping up for next week so check back later in the week for details.

With just two weeks to go before the election, The Agenda with Joe Solmonese will take a hard look at the political landscape tonight with John Harris - the national political editor at The Washington Post. We’ll also look ahead to the next presidential election, as Harris is the author of The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008 with Mark Halperin. Showing our lighter side, we’ll have lesbian comedian Karen Williams, founder of the HaHA Institute. Zack Grey - pet trainer and star of the hit new Lifetime show Off the Leash - will join us as a return guest on The Agenda. Finally, we’ll have Gretchen and Kathryn Hamm - a mother/daughter pair who help plan gay weddings and founded the sites TwoBrides.com and TwoGrooms.com. It’s tonight only on The Agenda live from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern on XM channel 200.