1.   But the character issue is not new and did not stop Clinton from being elected four years ago.

2.   Clinton also proved to be a master of damage control on the so-called character issues.

3.   Dole passed up two thinly veiled invitations by moderator Jim Lehrer to address so-called character issues.

4.   As Clinton was simmering in the Monica Lewinsky scandal last week, Bush was promoting the character issue back in Texas.

5.   Bradley will also try to differentiate himself from Gore on character issues, his aides say.

6.   A combative Bob Dole confronted President Clinton on the character issue last night, asserting that ethical lapses in the White House have contributed to public cynicism about government.

7.   A look at how and why the character issue has not played for Dole.

8.   Brown also has a Clintonian streak that threatens to escalate pandering into a character issue.

9.   Breaking a promise, no matter how you dress it up, is a character issue in politics.

10.   Bush, of course, had his own character issue, at least in the political context.