The Cycle Lineup

With only 8 weeks to election day and the RNC and DNC officially coming to a close the political race is starting to heat up. We have a political packed show and want to hear from you. Be sure to tweet us @thecyclemsnbc or use #thecyclemsnbc in your tweets.

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• What is the state of the race? Politico’s  Ken Vogel joins the conversation to help us dissect where the race is now and where it is headed.
• Author, Samuel Popkin, pulls up a chair to discuss his new book The Candidate: What it Takes to Win- and Hold- the White House and how the lessons he writes about in his book can related to today’s Presidentail race.
• According the latest Gallup poll, President Obama has a 5 point lead over Mitt Romney. So if Mitt Romney doesn’t win, what is the state of the Republican party? Republican strategist Susan del Percio joins the conversation to discuss this hypothetical question.
• What is your favorite political movie? Our hosts divulge theirs in todays Spin Cycle.