41.   Gore is still the overcalculating child of the expediencies of Washington, where no principle is written in stone for longer than a polling cycle.

42.   Gore is stronger in Chicago, especially among minority voters.

43.   Gore is the buttoned-down prophet of a new, wide- band-width progressivism.

44.   Gore is to address the NAACP convention on Wednesday.

45.   Gore is to attend a string of multimillion-dollar fund-raisers next week.

46.   Gore is to formally announce his decision at a rally here at noon on Tuesday.

47.   Gore is vague on what, precisely, could be done on a national level.

48.   Gore must be grateful to congressional Republicans for making it clear that such taxes are out of the question.

49.   Gore should be able to argue that he is more ready than Bush for the top job.

50.   Gore should be here by now.