31.   A late-game network poll was dead even on whether Cowboys fans wanted to see Ryan Leaf or Richard Simmons at quarterback.

32.   A poll released Monday is a fine demonstration.

33.   A push poll is more a trick of persuasion than a legitimate polling technique.

34.   About this time last week, veteran Republican whingers knew that several new national polls were about to hit.

35.   Bush also won New Jersey, which was once considered a lock for Gore, but could now be a tossup, if recent polls of adults are correct.

36.   But before that final week, the polls are often wrong by a wide margin.

37.   But if polls are an accurate measure this year, Zedillo is leading by a comfortable margin.

38.   But I realized that the last time the polls were wrong was when Dewey beat Truman.

39.   But if those fancy polls are right, voters are about to turn that conventional wisdom on its head and thrash the Democrats.

40.   But if polls are right, the issue will not result in many new Senate seats, if any, for the opposition.