elizabeth dole

The recent death of Janet Reno reminded me of the scarcity of women in elected or appointed government offices.

With the possible exception of the Adamses, there's no family in American history with more institutional knowledge about how to run for president. And of the immediate Bush clan, almost everybody agrees that Jeb is the savviest. Which is why it's just so interesting that he constantly seems out of sync and off tempo with his own party and with the country.