31.   Every presidential candidate at this stage of the game swears he would fight for every state and every vote in this richly diverse country.

32.   Fitzgerald has three candidates at center, all of whom figure to play and two of whom figure to foul out.

33.   For reasons of both expense and news judgment, few news organizations are interested in traveling with the candidates at all times.

34.   For those focused on getting derivatives jobs -- like Michael Canter, a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia -- that prediction is welcome.

35.   For MBA candidates at several universities, the essential new tool is no longer the latest business calculator or the fastest laptop.

36.   Further, the pros note that in a number of cases the candidates at the top are separated by only a percentage point or two, a statistical tie.

37.   Grossman has raised millions of dollars for Democratic candidates at the state and national level.

38.   Graham asked several hundred McCain supporters at a recent rally, with the candidate at his side.

39.   He did not stump for candidates at massive rallies and was mere background noise in most Democratic campaigns.

40.   He is no hapless fringe-party candidate at the mercy of a political machine weighted against him.