31.   Aunt Ilse from Oelwein says she bets the presidential debates will result in a lot of write-in votes for Jim Lehrer.

32.   At the same time, however, Buchanan is using the Reform Party name and reputation in his relentless drive to be included in all the presidential debates.

33.   Baker was long known in political circles as a hard-nosed negotiator of presidential debates.

34.   Because many lawmakers wanted to get home early to watch the presidential debates, nearly everyone left, he said.

35.   Because of his relatively low numbers in the polls, he was excluded from the two presidential debates, even though he had participated four years ago.

36.   Before two debates with Walesa last week, Kwasniewski studied tapes of U.S. presidential debates going back to Kennedy-Nixon.

37.   Both Eskew and Green envision the day when the Internet will assume a leading role in interactive presidential debates.

38.   -- Vowed to continue his own fight to be on stage with both Gore and Bush in nationally televised presidential debates in the fall.

39.   A lot of the negotiations over presidential debates are focused on how to project the best image of the candidate to the television audience.