31.   Russell Verney, national coordinator for the Perot Reform Committee, said the party likely will hold its nominating convention in mid-August.

32.   South Carolina does not hold the first primary and it is not rich in delegates to the nominating convention.

33.   Such rejection would undoubtedly throw both nominating conventions into turmoil.

34.   The caucuses next January are the first major test of the presidential candidates in a contest that actually begins the process of selecting delegates to the national nominating convention.

35.   The first act takes place at a Congressional nominating convention.

36.   The lack of competition will do more than anything to assure Clinton a powerful position leading into the nominating convention in Chicago next August.

37.   The lack of competition will help to assure Clinton a powerful position leading into the nominating convention in Chicago next August.

38.   The last thing the Republicans want one month before their nominating convention is another spectacle that turns rancorous over abortion.

39.   The next two rounds of primaries will decide more than two-thirds of all the delegates that go to the Democratic nominating convention in August.

40.   The nominating convention will be in May, and any contests will be subject to a primary in September.