A look at some of the fall political season's biggest races. A look at the ethical and political debate over federal funding of stem cell research. The city's mayoral race didn't make history, but did prove some old truths about local politics. A look at the politics behind the Bush administration's national energy report. The manners and mores of Washington through eyes of a veteran journalist, the late Meg Greenfield.
Women seeking executive office still face an uphill battle.
Currently, just four of 50 U.S. governors are women. No, not Monica and Marc, but the Clinton of '92 who came from nowhere to beat a president named Bush. Hugh Rodham is the most recent family member to humiliate a president, but he is hardly the first. Love ain't easy in the nation's capital. Just ask President Bush and Sen. Hillary Clinton, who spent Valentine's Day apart from their spouses.