31.   Haley Barbour, the Republican national chairman, laughed at that notion.

32.   Haley Barbour, the Republican chairman, and other party leaders have complained bitterly about that allegation.

33.   Goss was the Republican chairman of the Gingrich ethics investigative subcommittee.

34.   He became Republican chairman just as Watergate was about to hit.

35.   Haley Barbour, the Republican national chairman, said he expected that the governors would play an even greater role in the coming weeks.

36.   Haley Barbour, the Republican national chairman, said the House Republican leader historically held the title of permanent chairman of the convention.

37.   Haley Barbour, the Republican national chairman, said the trends still favored Republicans.

38.   He did not become majority leader, vice presidential candidate, Republican party chairman and five-term senator by posturing as the Jesse Helms of Kansas.

39.   Haley Barbour, the Republican national chairman, congratulated Clinton, but said the president was re-elected only because he had adeptly appropriated Republican issues for himself.

40.   He also named Reps. Bill Thomas of California and Michael Bilirakis of Florida, the Republican chairmen of the House subcommittees that oversee Medicare.