1.   The campaigns used to emphasize face-to-face campaigning in early caucus and primary states, they say.

2.   Bob Dole turned to leaders of the movement to organize his presidential campaign in early caucus states, such as Iowa.

3.   Buchanan was also victorious in three other early caucuses, Alaska, Louisiana and Missouri.

4.   Early last year, the state Republican Party, seeking to boost its visibility in the presidential campaigns, decided to hold the early caucuses.

5.   For the Republicans, however, the compressed political calendar puts a premium on winning in the early caucuses and primaries.

6.   Gore crisscrosses the nation on thinly veiled political missions to announce federal grants in early caucus or primary states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and California.

7.   Kennedy has also considered challenging at the national convention any delegates that are chosen in an early Louisiana caucus.

8.   Most of the money was spent on TV ads attacking his GOP rivals in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and other early caucus and primary states.

9.   Most prospective candidates have spent months quietly courting support in states with early caucuses or primaries, such as Iowa and New Hampshire.