61.   But Mondale was the Democratic nominee that year.

62.   But one Democratic nominee will get a bigger boost tomorrow.

63.   But that scenario also presents problems for the Democratic nominee, who would have no control over the ads.

64.   But the tie-breaking vote in the Senate could go to Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic nominee.

65.   But their emerging approaches vary, reflecting both ideology and the need to run against one another before getting a chance to take on the Democratic nominee.

66.   But Voke expects to be named the Democratic nominee for speaker at a noon caucus.

67.   By most measures, Arkansas is a toss-up state, more likely to go Republican if the Democratic nominee is not Tennesseean Gore.

68.   Clinton nominated Stewart as a courtesy to Hatch and with the hope that the gesture would speed up confirmation of several other Democratic nominees to the bench.

69.   Clinton, the Democratic nominee, rejected the offer.

70.   Come November, she will have to hitch her wagon to the Democratic nominee, whoever it is, and run a coordinated campaign in New York.