41.   Successful candidates are chosen through interviews.

42.   Successful candidates must be proven moneymakers with real profits and positive cash flow.

43.   The big winner in the Mexican election was Mexico itself, but the hero of the election was not the successful presidential candidate, Vicente Fox.

44.   The successful candidates, Hispanic leaders say, will do more than utter a few words of Spanish.

45.   The successful candidate must be a resident of the state by Election Day.

46.   The successful candidate will know as early as March that he has the Republican nomination sewn up.

47.   We are still waiting for the moment when a successful candidate fashions a reason for running and grows as a result of a series of ordeals.

48.   With his shy demeanor, Forbes also never showed a personal touch that has been invaluable to successful candidates from Bill Clinton to John McCain.

49.   A successful candidate needs a little time to recover from the exhaustion of the hustings, but hardly nine weeks.

50.   A successful candidate would have to win support from two-thirds of legislators.