61.   Bratton was the second potential candidate to have dropped out before ever dropping in.

62.   A chief congressional author of a broader plan to remake the tax agency is Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., another potential candidate for president.

63.   A few other Enron executives are potential CEO candidates.

64.   A fourth potential candidate, Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey Ross, did not respond directly when asked whether she would support a consensus that left her out.

65.   A crowd of potential candidates has been circling and jockeying for weeks on the assumption that this day would come.

66.   A list of potential candidates already had been discussed within the TCU athletic department before Franchione announced his decision to accept the Alabama job.

67.   A number of other potential candidates, including two congressmen, are also waiting in the wings.

68.   A third potential candidate, Jeff Dunn, president of Coke Americas, is considered more of a long shot than Heyer or Frenette.

69.   A spokesman for another potential candidate, health care administrator Lyn Shaw, said she plans to remain in the race.

70.   After considering other potential candidates, they agreed that Ford could appeal to moderates and liberals as well as conservatives and would be the strongest challenger.