1.   And few exude more Republican zeal than J.C. Watts, a former football star turned businessman turned U.S. representative.

2.   At the state fairgrounds, Dole stood in the hot sun and in the heat created by Republican zeal to exterminate the US Department of Energy.

3.   But with the scandal providing such a vivid and divisive backdrop to the campaign season, they are selling the notion that Republican zeal is blocking progress.

4.   Democrats, however, say it exemplifies Republican zeal for cutting taxes for the rich while cutting social programs for the poor.

5.   The Republican zeal for budget cuts comes to an abrupt halt in the face of the real special interests.

6.   But Clinton and Democratic leaders say that substantive issue has taken a back seat to Republican zeal to score a partisan point.

7.   Yet enthusiasm for his candidacy has dropped among Democrats, and is lower than Republican zeal for Bush.

8.   Clinton reiterated Friday that while he shared Republican zeal for reducing the federal budget deficit, he rejected cuts targeting education and the environment.