Watch highlight clips from Bill's interview with author and legal scholar Ian Haney López on the origins of dog whistle politics and how it may be used in future elections.

Author and legal scholar Ian Haney López says Mitt Romney's infamous statement played into existing racial biases and was "the narrative that his audience wants to hear."

The author hopes Obama will focus the nation's attention on its shamefully high levels of poverty.

From "Romnesia" to "Right to Work," linguist Geoffrey Nunberg decodes political buzzwords of 2012, including his pick for Word of the Year.

She tells ThinkProgress that Romney's comments showed that he is “out of touch” and “has no idea how hard it is at the margins of our society.”