21.   Reform Party presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan is scheduled to speak Friday.

22.   Ross Perot, who left the GOP, was the Reform candidate and Bill Clinton won the presidency.

23.   That concern would be magnified were Buchanan to be the Reform candidate.

24.   The assertion that a Reform candidate would hurt Gore and Bush equally is hogwash.

25.   The Reform party candidate said he hoped opponents of the law, enacted earlier this year, would be swept into office in November.

26.   Pat Buchanan, the only declared Reform candidate, has had little to say about health insurance.

27.   And as a Reform candidate, Buchanan can tailor his tactics to fit his strengths.

28.   Buchanan said he was ready to take on any Reform candidate Ventura might support.

29.   He said he is ready to challenge any Reform candidate Ventura might support.

30.   In addition to Buchanan, possible Reform candidates include Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura and party founder Ross Perot.