91.   Bunch, a lawyer and former Dallas police officer, is the only candidate running as an independent.

92.   Bradley would face an enormous challenge if he were to run as an independent because it is so costly to meet ballot-access rules in the states.

93.   Bradley, in a New Jersey news conference Thursday, ruled out challenging Clinton in the Democratic primary but repeatedly left open the idea of running as an independent.

94.   Bush, who has never run as an incumbent, has gone from leading a state of plenty to one in a fiscal crisis.

95.   Bush may be the conservative alternative to McCain nationally, but in Arizona he is running as the moderate alternative to McCain.

96.   Bush, by contrast, has run as himself from the start.

97.   But a candidate who runs as an independent or third-party member could wait until next year because a challenge would only be necessary in the general election.

98.   But Alexander is also running as a conservative, anti-Washington, D.C. populist.

99.   But he said he would not run as a third-party candidate.

100.   But if Powell ran as an independent in a three way race, he would run third behind Clinton and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan.