Who's who.

• Author: Threadgill, Susan
• Position: Key personnel on President George W. Bush's staff - Brief Article

Many Olympic viewers were touched by President Bush's seemingly impromptu visit with U.S. figure skater Sasha Cohen, in which she handed him a cell phone to say hi to her mom. Michelle Kwan and gold medal-winner Sarah Hughes were not so fortunate, which may not be a coincidence. As Buzzflash.com pointed out, the diminutive Cohen had just been named the official youth spokesperson of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, whose annual meeting Bush had addressed days earlier.

Solicitor General Ted Olson, whose wife, conservative author Barbara Olson, died in the September 11 Pentagon plane crash, seems to be moving on. He's been dating Republican socialite Sydney "Nini" Ferguson, former companion of Sen. John Warner (R-Va.).

Reasoning that Ken Lay is kryptonite to anyone, consultants to Andrew Cuomo's campaign for the Democratic nomination for New York governor are urging the son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo to play the Enron card against opponent Carl McCall, trustee of the state's pension fund, which lost money during Enron's collapse.

Colin Powell may have the star power to get away with advocating condom use on MTV, but the rest of the Bush administration is sticking to the script. Former Oklahoma Congressman Tom Coburn, whom President Bush tapped as the new co-chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, made his name by denouncing the network premiere of Schindler's List as "indecent." While in Congress, Coburn was legendary for using free pizza to lure young Hill staffers to his annual lectures on sexually transmitted diseases. While they ate, Coburn would regale them with pro-abstinence propaganda and clinical slides of genital warts and other STDs. Coburn is fervently opposed to campaigns promoting condom use and safe sex.

John Ashcroft incurred the wrath of Cher when he covered Spirit of Justice, a bare-breasted female statue in the Justice Department lobby, with a blue curtain. But in the tradition of Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), he's begun penning patriotic songs to share with baffled colleagues. In February, Ashcroft shocked the audience at a North Carolina seminary by breaking into verse with his latest composition, "Let the Eagle Soar": "Like she's never soared before, from rocky coast to golden shore, let the mighty eagle soar." A video of the performance can be seen at CNN.com.

Just how deep is the rift between George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)? So deep that it extends to their pollsters. The Bush...