41.   Minor candidates got the rest.

42.   More recently there has been the question of whether political candidates should get free air time.

43.   One vote counter would hold a card up and the other would determine which candidate got that vote.

44.   Others contend that Gore benefited from the sort of boost that any struggling candidate would get by turning in a better-than-expected performance.

45.   Some presidential candidates now are getting federal matching funds for their campaigns.

46.   Sometimes candidates get it right.

47.   Still, voters can only hope both candidates get better writers before a State of the Union address comes their way.

48.   Still to be decided, however, is whether Reform Party candidate Ross Perot will get into the nationally televised fray.

49.   Statewide candidates would receive significant subsidies, and legislative candidates would get money only if their opponents exceeded spending limits.

50.   That way, all the candidates would get a special experience for their money, and one would get the trip without having to spend millions.