11.   Both campaigns know that in the runoff especially, the victory will go to whichever candidate can get his voters to the polls.

12.   Both candidates got a little help from a lot of their friends.

13.   But Democratic candidates are getting jumpier by the day.

14.   But in other election years, individual candidates have gotten a far larger share of the money these leadership committees raised.

15.   But over the last few weeks it has also become clear that no candidate would get a majority of the vote.

16.   But the boost a candidate gets by leading the pack after the first primary is immeasurable.

17.   But the candidate can never get discouraged.

18.   But some candidates get lucky.

19.   But the candidates got to an essential philosophical difference straight away.

20.   But while all six candidates may have gotten equal time, the evening belonged to Bush.