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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was under intense pressure to step down after the state attorney general released an exhaustive report detailing multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

Political attack ads have come under increasing scrutiny in a umber of states, prompting attempts to curb negative campaigning. Bill Wareham, f Minnesota Public Radio, reports on a Minnesota candidate and two of his staff embers who were recently indicted for spreading false information about a olitical opponent.

On the eve of this first primary, news Analyst Daniel Schorr asks: where are all the great issues? There's been little talk of contracts with America, environmental deregulation, Medicare or Medicaid. Schorr says candidates want voters to forget what they said two weeks ago and that all this has led to a politics of meaninglessness.

Robert talks with Republican pollster Linda DiVall, and Democratic pollster Celinda Lake, who were part of a team of researchers commissioned to survey women's political attitudes this year, about their findings. DiVall is founder of American Viewpoint. Lake is president of Lake Snell Perry & Associates.

"Eighty-two years after women got the right to vote," observes essayist Diane Roberts, "it's not remarkable to see women asking for votes." But, she says, we often respond as though it is unusual, and that limits our perspective on women as political candidates.

Political candidates may have four and a half months until Election Day, but already their ad money is flowing like never before, touting both national and local candidates. And there are no signs that the promotions, attacks, counter attacks, and independent advertisements are going to let up. NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about the upcoming week in politics. President Bush tomorrow delivers the State of the Union. He has to deal with an increasingly disillusioned American public on the issues of economic recovery and the possible war in Iraq.

How much do politics and theater have in common? The stage has long been a place for social critique of political ideologies. And when a politician says…

Host John Ydstie talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about the week ahead in politics. Mass. Sen. John Kerry announced his intention yesterday to seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2004, and the Louisiana Senate race is still up for grabs.