11.   Assuming that count holds, one more Republican vote is needed to defeat the amendment.

12.   Bill Parcells is as predictable as the Republican vote in Dover.

13.   A few Republican votes might make it easier for moderate and centrist Democrats, several from the South, like Clinton, to move.

14.   A lot of Democrats cast their first Republican vote for Weld.

15.   A little-known professor named John Tower of Wichita Falls, the lone Republican in the race, ran first by garnering all the Republican votes.

16.   A lack of support among Democrats scuttled a vote on fast track last November, although DeLay rounded up plenty of Republican votes.

17.   A second Republican vote for Weld on the committee could come from Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon, who has praised Weld in glowing terms.

18.   A veto could set up a series of override votes, beginning in the Democratic-controlled Assembly, where Republican votes would be needed to enact the measure.

19.   All that is needed is eight Republican votes to shut off the filibuster that Lott and McConnell are sure to engineer this month.

20.   All this means that Thomas, and the other Republican leaders, often must pass major legislation with almost nothing but Republican votes.