71.   A spokesman for Lazio, who is now the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from New York, said there was nothing unusual about the windfall.

72.   A spokesman said Gore would gladly debate McCain if he became the Republican nominee.

73.   A third group, Southerners, is also not giving Dole the backing that Republican nominees usually count on.

74.   A tough-on-crime speech in the hometown of California Attorney General Dan Lungren, the odds-on Republican nominee for governor, is freighted with political symbolism.

75.   After asking Republicans their choice in the primary, he asked who would be the Republican nominee.

76.   After the Masiello endorsement, the governor and the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, Mary Donohue, flew to Rochester and Binghamton for enthusiastic rallies.

77.   Aides said the move was motivated in part by polls showing that social conservatives are less supportive of Dole than some past Republican nominees.

78.   After the next bit of taped drivel from Sydney, the taped drivel from the Republican nominee starts.

79.   Aides to Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, the presumptive Republican nominee, are also attacking Gore, saying he is beholden to labor.

80.   Bush has excited the corporate world more than any recent Republican presidential nominee, party leaders say.