Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal columnist Paul Gigot make their predictions. A RealAudio version of this segment is available. Experts discuss the media's coverage of the White House crisis. Our presidential historians analyze President Clinton's State of the Union address. The NewsHour's State of the Union coverage.
Experts debate the role of the independent counsel .
The legal implications of President Clinton's alleged affair. The president's position is strong. Well, it's certainly the president's position has been strengthened enormously from where it was. And so they've been able to change the conversation and of course you had the counter-offensive by Mrs. Clinton, which I think is more questionable, but all the numbers are very much turned toward the president this week. This week he's Abraham Lincoln about to get up on Mt. Rushmore.