11.   The image emerging Thursday showed a Republican electorate that clearly considers itself at the heart of the political mainstream.

12.   The major shock to Bush was that McCain appears to have whipped him within a rather normal Republican electorate.

13.   They want to define Bush in as disapproving a way as possible before he presents himself to the Republican electorate.

14.   Those who oppose American participation may also be playing to an isolationist segment of the Republican primary electorate.

15.   Yet the senator can take heart in that his competitors, thus far, have not excited the Republican electorate.