1.   The Green Party candidate got only one more vote than the Socialists.

2.   All the candidates have been getting an enormous amount of exposure on television and in the press.

3.   Until recently, there was an unwritten rule in some universities that a PhD candidate would get their doctorate only after their having been published in international scientific journals.

4.   And if a black candidate did get support from white voters, some blacks say they would view that person with suspicion.

5.   And since local businessman and TCU alum Roger Williams emceed, someone else asked, does this mean all other athletic director candidates will get equal time?

6.   And term limits can quickly become an issue when candidates who initially embrace them later get cold feet.

7.   And then the next election comes around, and candidates get even nastier.

8.   Besides, candidates are already getting the best deal they can on advertising.

9.   Besides, Democrats argued, all candidates get a poll bounce coming out of their conventions.

10.   A presidential candidate can only get so far by talking about family values in a New Hampshire coffee shop.