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Ryan and Romney repeatedly recite the number of people living in poverty or needing food stamps, using the statistics as a bludgeon against Obama’s record. But Bigfoot and Nessie are about as factual as the myths these guys spin.

In the 1988 book Presidential Debates, Jamieson and Birdsell define the "classical" style of debate, and explain why it is an important tool for informing voters.

Do the presidential candidates have a plan to address the Eurozone crisis?

A roundup of the week that was in political dark money, including a look at where attacks ads are most concentrated and tallies of the exponential increase in spending since Citizens United.

Former TARP special inspector Neil Barofsky joins Bill to discuss the critical yet unmet need to rein in big banks.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Marty Kaplan join Bill to assess the true value of the 2012 political debates, and weigh in on campaign communication tactics in the home stretch.

Web Exclusive: Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Marty Kaplan assess how presidential debates and campaign ads serve the public interest.

Barofsky describes some unscrupulous practices he found at the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, and his efforts to reform the program

What about Chrystia Freeland's Plutocrats surprises or interests you? We thought she makes an interesting distinction in Chapter Two between today's rich and those of the first Gilded Age. Join our book club discussion!

Take a closer look at hot-button initiatives Americans will be voting for or against on November 6.