21.   Bush sought to turn many of his answers into opportunities to portray the vice president as a big spender who is beholden to special interests in Washington.

22.   Bush calls Gore a big spender, and Gore calls Bush a tool of the big rich.

23.   But Charleston believes big spenders are better than big numbers, Lawson said.

24.   But by piggybacking onto big spenders, Ducati makes the ad dollars go further.

25.   But once Bush started accusing Gore of being a big spender and stressing a few social programs of his own, the tone of the campaign changed.

26.   But one Democratic leader suggested Rowland had become a born-again big spender.

27.   But so are big spenders.

28.   But some of the new people coming to town are not worried if they look like big spenders.

29.   But they can do better by the team after the confetti, the blimps and the big spenders are gone.

30.   But who are these big spenders?