1.   For the first time, Verney laid out how the Reform Party will select its presidential nominee.

2.   And that may play well in the Granite State, which holds the first presidential primary in the nation and plays a decisive role in selecting the nominees.

3.   Bush said he would not use an anti-abortion litmus test in selecting Supreme Court nominees.

4.   Bush seemed to forget that the Republican nominee gets formally selected in August.

5.   But if the pattern of recent years prevails, both parties will have selected their nominees in primary elections long before convention time.

6.   Federal law provides that both major parties receive the same amount of federal funding when they have selected their nominees.

7.   Gore took after Bush on how he would select Supreme Court nominees, insisting that Bush would make opposition to abortion an essential criterion.

8.   He did not address the question of how Supreme Court nominees would be selected.

9.   Hoping to energize its grassroots supporters, it has decided to establish a more democratic internal process to select its nominee for the election.