11.   A strong showing by women for Clinton could pay off big in large, swing states.

12.   A veto could be unpopular with Missouri farmers and the state overall, and Missouri is considered a swing state in the presidential race.

13.   After the conventions, the race hinges on swing voters and swing states.

14.   All are potential swing states in the presidential election, and each has at least one congressional or US Senate campaign of NRA interest, he said.

15.   All politics are local, especially in a neck-and-neck national race with swing states like Ohio boiling with neglected grievances.

16.   Bush has visited Michigan, an important swing state, almost once a week since September.

17.   Bush also prodded Gore on a key issue in Washington, which is viewed as a swing state.

18.   Bush was clearly eager to lock down support in several swing states before next week, when attention will turn toward the Democratic gathering.

19.   Bush would do well to reproduce millions of copies of the Gore interviews and drop them from planes over every swing state.

20.   But finding them in middle-class neighborhoods in swing states is a challenge.