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Commentator Lee Stringer is trying to keep his optimism about American democracy. So this year, he's avoiding coverage of the presidential race.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the upcoming week in politics. President Bush has several items on the agenda that he wants to Congress to get to before summer recess, including education reform and funding for faith-based programs.

Robert Siegel and Jacob Weisberg, Chief Political Correspondent for the online magazine Slate, talk about the latest round of presidential campaign ads. 1969 is the title of Al Gore's latest. The George W. Bush campaign has released a new one called Education Agenda, and re-released an earlier ad called Hard Things. (7:00) Slate's address is http://slate.msn.com

Jacki Lyden talks politics with editors of three national newspapers. Bob Kittle with the San Diego-Union Tribune, Mindy Cameron with hte Seattle Times, and Tom Bray with the Detroit News. Bob Dole is the focal point of this conversation, and most of these editors say their readers feel Dole made the right move when he announced his resignation from the Senate this week.

NPR's Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports on a case before the U.S. Supreme Court today that could determine how political parties may spend their money. The case involves contributions to parties for specific candidates -- and how those contributions are spent. (7:22) Check out more NPR News coverage of the Supreme Court.

Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR White House correspondent Mara Liasson and national political correspondent Elizabeth Arnold about this week's developments on the campaign trail. President Clinton travelled to California and Colorado to campaign and raise funds. Republican Bob Dole traveled to Pennsylvania where he talked about special tax breaks and other measures to help small businesses. (6:00) (IN S

Commentator Jacob Weisberg says the standards for defining ethical violations have changed. He says minor scandals have become too politicized between the Democrats and the Republicans.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says some of the acts about the country's struggle with drugs have been clouded by the rhetoric f the presidential campaign.

With control of the Senate at stake, record amounts of outside money are flooding into races. In North Carolina, nearly $200 million has come in, dwarfing the money raised by the candidates.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore are trying to stay "on message" while getting in a few jabs at each other.