111.   Gore attacked the tax plan at an open meeting and then again at a news conference, saying it would squander the surplus.

112.   Gore supports much broader gun control measures than does Bush, and has said the GOP tax relief plan would threaten the future viability of Social Security.

113.   Gore tried to dramatize his tax plan by meeting with Erik and Meg Merrill, a Portland couple with two young children.

114.   He also conceded that he failed to define himself in eyes of voters in New Hampshire and claimed that McCain distorted his proposed tax cut plan.

115.   He also mocked Bush for acknowledging this week that he had not explained his tax plan well enough.

116.   Gramm has proposed his own tax cut plan and has called for steep budget cuts.

117.   He frequently cites the changeability of the economy as the prime motivation for his more cautious tax plan.

118.   He has not designated any of his tax plan for Medicare.

119.   He said Republican tax cut plans, which President Clinton has promised to veto, would hurt those efforts.

120.   He said the tax plan was not a salary cap, as players have charged.