1.   Along the way Buchanan made clear that no matter how well Dole is doing in the delegate count, the road to the convention would be anything but smooth.

2.   And last week a slate of Midwestern primaries put his delegate count over the top for the GOP nomination.

3.   Buchanan has taken Alaska, Louisiana and all-important New Hampshire, leading the delegate count going into Arizona.

4.   But as the GOP front-runner increases his lead in the delegate count, both of his rivals sound more like crusaders than candidates.

5.   Dole leads in the GOP delegate count over his main opponents, commentator Pat Buchanan and publisher Steve Forbes.

6.   Even so, some voters plan to show up at the polls in the coming weeks no matter where their favorite candidate stands in the delegate count.

7.   In the seven days that follow, the delegate count will jump to two-thirds of the total at stake for the Democrats.

8.   Independent delegate counts had already given him more than enough.

9.   Other delegate counts put Bush far closer to the magic number already.

10.   The GOP delegate count.