41.   Iowa Republicans apparently were turned off by the negative advertising campaign that Forbes triggered here.

42.   Jackson insisted he is not running a negative campaign against McAuliffe and that he will support the Syracuse, N.Y.-native if he wins Saturday.

43.   Mattox, whose knuckles bear the scars of more than one political brawl, should recognize a negative campaign when he sees one.

44.   McCain took a more aggressive tack in the television advertisement, suggesting that Bush had broken an agreement not to run a negative campaign.

45.   McCain has emphasized that his will not be a negative campaign.

46.   Negative campaigns do not in themselves erode the electoral process.

47.   Negative campaigns often claim two casualties, the opponent and the truth, and the race to replace retiring Sen. Sam Nunn is a prime example.

48.   Negative campaign?

49.   Neither of them has seen the kind of sharp increases in unfavorable rating that normally accompany these kinds of negative campaigns.

50.   Next we must find analysts to analyze the analysts who analyze the negative campaigns.