11.   But California Democratic Party campaign adviser Bob Mulholland scoffed at the notion that the Lewinsky scandal is having any repercussions in California.

12.   But party officials in New York said that polls were wrong in suggesting that the Lewinsky scandal had so disgusted Democrats that many would stay home on Election Day.

13.   But scandal has an inflationary impact on fact.

14.   But Schwabe acknowledged the scandal had its allure.

15.   But some Republican operatives are convinced that the White House scandal is having at least an indirect effect on Democratic campaigns.

16.   But perhaps the biggest scandal has nothing to do with Elmer Gantry-like antics, sexual or financial.

17.   But the men who saw firsthand the Gauthe case unravel warned that this scandal has no boundaries.

18.   But the spy scandal has widespread implications.

19.   But ultimately, will the Enron scandal have any material effect on how business is done?

20.   Democrats also question whether the scandal will have much impact on the elections at all.