101.   Gore on the beach at Longboat Key, Fla. with the small group he has chosen to confer with in preparation for the presidential debate in Boston.

102.   Gore said Bush also defied expectations during the presidential primary debates, where he faced a strong challenge from U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

103.   He admits his hopes took a huge blow when the two parties kept him out of the recent presidential debates.

104.   He added that voter turnout was down as was viewership of the national political conventions and presidential debates.

105.   He had to defend his actions at length in televised presidential debates in the last few days.

106.   He raised the possibility of adding even more events after the presidential debates in October.

107.   He has personally devised a battle plan to boost his standings in the polls, assuming that he would be in each of several presidential debates.

108.   He would use those words to describe public polling reviews of the presidential debate the previous evening.

109.   He stepped around the issue several times during the recent election campaign, and Bob Dole never pressed the matter during the two presidential debates.

110.   He, too, said he would make up his mind later, after the presidential debates.