61.   After losing the presidential nomination to Ronald Reagan, Bush decided to make the right turn himself.

62.   Alan Keyes, a former State Department official who promotes conservative causes with passionate rhetoric, Sunday became the first black to seek the Republican presidential nomination.

63.   After weeks of delaying his declaration of candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, Gov. Pete Wilson of California said Thursday that indeed, he was running.

64.   Aides said Dole, who will not receive the official GOP presidential nomination until August, has given little serious thought to his running mate.

65.   Alexander drew two significant endorsements in Texas and lobbied for others in his first campaign visit to the state as a viable finalist for the GOP presidential nomination.

66.   Alexander, who challenged Dole for the Republican presidential nomination, has campaigned with both Dole and Kemp in Tennessee, where he served two terms as governor.

67.   All presidential nominations for the federal bench are subject to the review of the Senate, which is controlled by a Republican majority.

68.   Also likely to dog Gore in any quest to regain the Democratic presidential nomination is the widely held perception that he ran a poor race against Bush.

69.   All of this probably makes Alice Mills the only woman in history ever to teach high school algebra to two contenders for the same presidential nomination.

70.   Buchanan denies the rumors, but it makes sense that he might be tired of waging no-hope campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination.