41.   Lewis, who was in California for two days, met with a group of political reporters at the Los Angeles offices of Mannatt, Phelps and Phleger.

42.   Nader, who ran for president this year under the Green Party banner, issued his warning Friday during a lunch with political reporters representing newspapers throughout the country.

43.   No political reporter in this country has ever seen a situation like it.

44.   Of course, the calls went to the political reporters, whose stories land on Page One, but those calls were going to come eventually.

45.   On primary night last March, he was at the board of elections with his political reporters, helping them download results from their computers.

46.   One who knew the real story at the time was Charlie Pou, chief political reporter for The Atlanta Journal.

47.   Palo Alto County, Iowa, residents became used to spotting big name political reporters at election time.

48.   Political reporters are irrelevant if presidential primary politics is simply a matter of fund-raising, photo ops and tracking polls.

49.   Political reporters generally gave the first exchange to Netanyahu.

50.   Political reporters hit the road carrying their bible, the Almanac of American Politics.