News in Brief Can Democrats Keep the White House in 2016? We'll see. The state of the economy will outweigh all other factors. Seth Masket
News in Brief Does It Matter When Candidates Lie? There are penalties for lying, but not everyone pays them, and not everyone gets caught. Seth Masket
News in Brief Scoring the Body Language of the GOP Debate A body-language expert evaluates the Republican presidential field. Jared Keller
News in Brief This Week in Presidential Candidacy Libertarianism, attack ads, and climate change—oh my! Wes Judd
News in Brief Don’t Worry About the Charisma Thing Charisma is one of those things that many political observers are convinced they can spot in a candidate, but turns out to be really hard to pin down. Seth Masket
News in Brief Should Republicans Still Fear the Tea Party? Does a grassroots political movement that is still relatively young have the power to keep someone out of the White House? Seth Masket