David Brooks is a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, a conservative journal that has been among Ken Starr's strongest supporters. Brooks tells Judith Strasser that beyond impeachment, the Republican agenda starts to unravel, and he assesses the chances of likely Republican presidential hopefuls. Also, journalist Andrew Sullivan believes Republicans have turned into scolds. He tells Steve Paulson that real conservatives wouldn't keep harping on the moral shortcomings of the 60's generation. They'd try to keep government out of people's lives. Sullivan thinks the GOP has to cut loose of the Christian right if it is to survive.

New York Times reporter Sam Verhovek has just completed a five year stint in Texas covering the rise of Governor George W. Bush. He tells Jim Fleming that Bush shares his father's educational background, but quickly gravitated back to Texas after graduating from Yale; that he has excellent political skills at public appearances, speaking Spanish where appropriate at his press conferences; and is poised for an effort to translate his popularity in Texas onto the national scene. Also, a bit of political humor from Scott Dikkers, editor-in-chief of The Onion, a parody newspaper read by 1.5 million people.