A New York Times interactive looks at the candidates' gestures and the message they might convey to audiences.

FactCheck.org's Kathleen Hall Jamieson explains what you deserve to hear from Obama and Romney in this year's debates, as well as why the debates truly matter.

Michael Winship reveals how local TV stations are glad to accept campaign cash, but loathe to cover it as news.

A look at the past week in super PAC spending. New information shows that, for the first time, liberal super PACs outraised their conservative counterparts.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson joins Bill to discuss what the public still doesn't know about Obama and Romney, and how the debates may help.

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.”

Bill examines how the enormous amounts of money spent on political consultants and TV ads corrupt our elections and distort our democracy.

The contempt with which some wealthy Americans privately view those beneath them is actually an old story.

More on Romney's '47 Percent' video, President Obama's Jay-Z / Beyoncé fundraiser and much more in this week's roundup from Mother Jones.

In a blog post for the progressive public policy think tank Campaign for America’s Future, RJ Eskow argues that two movements have changed the face of American politics: Occupy and the "radical rich."