41.   Charles Cook, another top observer of congressional races, still thinks Democrats would be better off if Clinton resigns.

42.   Congress is considering many proposals to provide Medicare coverage of prescription drugs, and the issue promises to figure prominently in the presidential election and in many congressional races.

43.   Congressional races used to take months to get as sharp as some are starting out this year.

44.   Democrats have been much more successful in congressional races, especially in the southern part of the state.

45.   Ditto for the six congressional races, with a focus on the two open seats in Boulder and Westminster.

46.   During that election, the NRA backed Republicans against Democrats in a number of crucial Congressional races.

47.   Each senator and representative knows precisely which parts of the existing system of financing congressional races have helped and which parts have hurt in past campaigns.

48.   Earlier this year, the White House seemed to be keeping its distance from congressional races.

49.   Far more than the congressional races going on nationwide, Teamster politics is raw and muscular.

50.   Gephardt, like Armey, though, played down the impact of the presidential election on the congressional races.