41.   Brownback defeated Frahm in a hotly contested Republican primary.

42.   Buchanan has also begun making a pitch to Democrats to cross over and vote for him in the Republican primary, which is permitted in Georgia.

43.   Buchanan, who won the New Hampshire republican primary yesterday, is standing on a economic nationalism ticket which urges the reintroduction of trade barriers to protect U.S. jobs.

44.   Buchanan may jump to the Reform Party, complaining that the Republican presidential primary is not open to a debate of ideas this year.

45.   Bush appears in good position to rebound next Tuesday when Delaware hosts the second Republican primary.

46.   Bush and McCain clashed bitterly in the Republican presidential primaries but McCain later campaigned for Bush.

47.   Bush will continue to hold an advantage in the Republican primaries to come, where independents play a lesser role than they did in New Hampshire.

48.   Bush was running well among conservative Christians, and among voters who once considered themselves supporters of Sen. John McCain, his main rival in the Republican primaries.

49.   Brimming with confidence, Bush held rallies in three Western states with upcoming Republican primaries, even though that battle was all but won.

50.   Bush sparred with McCain over the soft money ban in the Republican presidential primaries.