1.   Both men, who emerged from an April primary, are left-of-center Democrats, therefore partisan differences will have little to do with the outcome.

2.   Aides say this means that an array of issues that inflame partisan differences are likely to be put aside, perhaps until next year.

3.   But education is an item where the commonality is mostly rhetorical and the partisan differences quite specific.

4.   But several other Republicans, many of whom are vocal critics of the White House, set aside partisan differences, and defended the president.

5.   But the action also brought partisan differences over energy policy back to the Senate calendar.

6.   But the dimensions of the legislation has not been defined and there is no certainty that partisan differences might not surface.

7.   By forcing the issue against the grain of the Republican majority in the Senate, however, Clinton is underscoring partisan differences over the controversial issue of affirmative action.

8.   Clinton and congressional leaders praised the governors for resolving their partisan differences, but withheld any commitment to adopting the NGA plan.

9.   Clinton urged partisan differences to be set aside.

10.   Debate over the issue highlighted partisan differences on the panel.