1.   American voters were anxious for a change in economic policy.

2.   Polls show American voters more willing to pay taxes than a few years ago.

3.   American voters, anxious for a change in economic policy, propelled the Arkansas governor to victory over the Republican President on a tide of discontent.

4.   He will have won because his vision offered more hope to American voters than four more years of George Bush in charge.

5.   American voters and political reporters, wise to the techniques of modern politics, are often numb to the consequences of campaign by focus group.

6.   American voters do not even notice.

7.   American voters have ample reason for holding their leaders in disdain.

8.   American voters will go for Clinton again because he is clearly not a mean man.

9.   American voters are focusing ever more on honesty as the most important trait for a presidential candidate, according to an Associated Press poll.

10.   American voters are not very interested in politics, and they have little patience for partisan bickering.