11.   On Thursday, state Sen. Frank Padavan, a Queens Republican who is an opponent of gambling, harshly criticized the governor.

12.   Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., the dean of the delegation, was careful not to criticize the governor in a recent interview.

13.   State Republican chairman John Herrington was careful not to criticize the governor, but he acknowledged the fissures in his party over Wilson.

14.   That round began when Chirac criticized the governor of the French central bank for saying salary increases should be kept on a tight leash this year.

15.   The California Republican Party started running radio ads criticizing the governor in February of this year.

16.   The governor was sharply criticized by the California State Employees Association and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.

17.   The groups criticized the governor when he signed an executive order that upheld a ban against discrimination in state jobs on the basis of sexual orientation.

18.   The publishing magnate even recruited a Houston woman to appear in a television commercial criticizing the governor for proposing a sales tax increase after his promise not to.

19.   The Texas governor has been criticized by some of his opponents and influential Iowans for not visiting Iowa and New Hampshire earlier.

20.   They proposed their own generating solutions a week ago and have criticized the governor for not fully taking advantage of his emergency authority.