House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier and John McIntyre from Real Clear Politics joined Hugh as he spent a lot of time analyzing the political scene now, and if the pundits' projected loss of seats by the Republicans has any basis in fact.

From the war on terror to the economy to earmarks, the House majority leader sat down with Hugh in studio, and here's what he had to say.

House of Representatives Majority Leader, John Boehner, joined Hugh in studio to discuss policy and politics, and the upcoming elections in November.

Hugh was joined in the first hour of the second day broadcasting live from the Minnesota State Fair by Congressman Mark Kennedy, who is running for the open U.S. Senate seat currently held be retiring Mark Dayton. Kennedy was joined by South Dakota Senator John Thune.

In the second hour, Hugh spoke with Fred Barnes and Morton Kondracke about the political news of the week, and with Larry Kudlow with the financial news of the week. Then, Congressman John Kline joined Hugh at the booth from the Minnesota State Fair.

Dwight Rabuse joined Hugh as he wrapped up his Minnesota State Fair broadcast for 2006, with Rabuse giving us the ten most important Minnesotans of all time. Michael Flaherty, producer of How to Eat Fried Worms, also joined in during the hour.

As Hugh began his two-day stint from the Minnesota State Fair, the Heavens opened up, but the guests were still great. Senator Norm Coleman joined Hugh and co-host for the day, James Lileks.

Hugh and co-host James Lileks weather out a tornado watch and very heavy rain at the Minnesota State Fair. Joining in for one segment is Professor David Allen White on Norman Mailer.

As we continued the monsoon show from the Minnesota State Fair, Governor Tim Pawlenty joined Hugh and co-host James Lileks.

From religion, to the new World Trade Center Movie, from Alaska to South America to Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan and Indonesia, Hitchens and Hugh embark on one of their legendary extended visits.

Vanity Fair's Christopher Hitchens caught up with Hugh after a month's absence. Lots of topics discussed, and almost all of them tied back to the war on terror.

The Smart Guys, Erwin Chemerinsky of Duke Law School, and John Eastman of Chapman University Law School, joined Hugh, plus a lot of calls from the listeners on the news of the day.

The second hour featured a visit from Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and Claudia Rosett from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

In a very candid, wide-ranging interview, the top military commander in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa discusses conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus also talks about interference from Iran and Syria, and describes the nature of our enemy.

This hour featured a encore of the General John Abizaid interview from the first hour, and some closing thoughts about a couple of pranksters in Arizona that decided to release snakes in a theater showing Snakes On A Plane.

This hour, with exception to a call-in from Yoni Tidi on the Israeli-Hezbollah issue, was devoted to callers, including a lot of nutters, who were reacting to the John Abizaid interview from the first hour.

Centcom Commander, General John Abizaid, joined Hugh for a wide-ranging look at the state of the global war on terror, and the nature of the enemy we face around the globe.

The legendary economist, host of CNBC's Kudlow & Co., joined Hugh and suggested some good sectors and stock picks to look at.

This was was a mix between the callers, and audio of the day, including the president's press conference, CNN's Jack Cafferty confirming the assumption he's the most clueless political analyst on television, Oliver Stone's thinking process in making WTC, and Chris Matthews claiming how independent he thinks he is.

Hugh covered the news of the day, and was joined by write-in Congressional candidate to replace Tom Delay, Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier, and Yoni Tidi on the growing anger in Israel at the Olmert administration.

Hugh started the hour out discussing the impact of Oliver Stone's new movie, WTC. Hugh saw it this weekend, and was very impressed. Listeners had mixed reactions.

The modern day Kipling of the American military, Kaplan joined Hugh with updates from his travels and embeds with U.S. military from Mali to Soviet Georgia, to Iraq, and Las Vegas.

Atlantic monthly columnist and author of Imperial Grunts, Robert Kaplan started the hour with Hugh discussing his embeds with the U.S. military around the globe this year. Ohio Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate, Ken Blackwell, and Yoni Tidi also were guests this hour.

Fridays, third hour usually means the movie hour with Emmett of the Unblinking Eye. This week's movie list? In honor of Snakes On A Plane opening up, the top 10 snake movies of all time.

Fred Barnes and Morton Kondracke, Fox News Channel's Beltway Boys started out the hour with the political news of the week, followed by Kudlow & Co.'s Larry Kudlow. Colorado Congressman and candidate for governor, Bob Beauprez, also stopped by, as did California Congressman John Campbell.