1.   Instead, Merrill has played a major role in urging more and stronger attack ads, according to campaign officials.

2.   Already House Democratic campaign officials have instructed their candidates to capitalize on the protracted fight.

3.   Also, Democratic officials said campaign officials plan to announce a new manager, probably from outside Connecticut, in the next several weeks.

4.   Although Gore campaign officials and supporters have raised allegations of discrimination based on race, that has not been included in the present case before the Florida Supreme Court.

5.   And campaign officials noted that the second-quarter total certainly will increase once all the last-minute contributions are counted.

6.   And Democratic campaign officials asserted that the practice was a violation of Florida laws on the handling of absentee ballot applications.

7.   And with that triumph behind them, Slater and other campaign officials emphasized that they can beat the party machine again, even with a makeshift staff.

8.   And those laws bar campaign officials from being involved in governing and most government officials from being active in political campaigns while serving in their official capacity.

9.   And, when asked, campaign officials were vague about what they thought had happened and what they wanted from the court.

10.   As the presidential battle intensifies, it may claim as victims those Republican campaign officials who do not want their homosexuality revealed.