51.   And just this week, Steve Forbes, the publisher and former Republican presidential candidate, produced a radio commercial attacking the White House on the issue.

52.   And later, during a speech in Buffalo, he criticized the two Republican candidates for opposing health care reforms and hate crime legislation backed by Democrats in Congress.

53.   And many Republican candidates characterized their opponents as clones of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Republican notion of an archetypal liberal.

54.   And many Republican candidates characterized their opponents as clones of Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Republican notion of the archetypal liberal.

55.   And most Republican candidates in California have fared dismally in recent elections.

56.   And Republican candidates from coast to coast are clamoring for him to drop by and sprinkle some of his magic on their ambitions.

57.   And Republican presidential candidates, too, spent the last few months jockeying over the Foster nomination.

58.   And Salmon himself has said that if he does not get his way and Gingrich remains the Republican candidate for speaker, he will vote for him.

59.   And the Republican candidates have gone back and forth about technology issues regularly during their debates.

60.   And the Republican candidates want to cut, not increase, government spending on the poor.