21.   And from next week, he will become the man to beat, the only candidate with everything to lose.

22.   And Bush, the candidate with big money, is going to be on the defensive.

23.   And recent political history is full of examples of candidates with more money than sense of how to use it.

24.   And that process, Winters says, typically identifies candidates with superior skills.

25.   And the voters who like Bradley do so precisely because they prefer a candidate with a softer focus than the hard-charging Gore.

26.   And the Iowa caucuses tend to reward the candidates with the largest field organizations.

27.   And the winner will probably be the candidate with the biggest fleet of buses and vans to take people to the polls.

28.   And there are those Americans who are leery of candidates with consonant clatter and vowel overload.

29.   And though no deadline has been set, sources are trumpeting four candidates with Texas ties as early favorites to replace Pat Sullivan, who resigned.

30.   Another candidate with Malone ties is Davey Johnson, who was fired last season by Baltimore after winning the AL East.