31.   Burnett defines sportsmanship as winning without gloating, losing without complaining, and treating opponents with respect.

32.   Bush also becomes the fourth president to win without taking the popular vote.

33.   But Al Gore knows he cannot win without a high black turnout.

34.   Bush, on the other hand, might not be able to win without doing something new and extraordinary, such as Elizabeth Dole on the ticket.

35.   But Cleveland won without great pitching.

36.   But Bush would have won without a majority of the popular vote, and the Republicans would have the trappings of control without anything like a mandate.

37.   But he rarely won without command of his curveball.

38.   But he still would not have won without help from the bullpen.

39.   But consider that the Rams won without quarterback Kurt Warner and running back Marshall Faulk.

40.   But if the party elders work to convince McCain that Bush cannot win without McCain on the ticket, I think McCain would go for it.