1.   And both candidates are waging legal and political battles to get on state ballots for which they do not automatically qualify.

2.   Each major candidate is waging a campaign rooted in the premise that the other guy is a bum and that his election would represent a disaster of monumental proportions.

3.   In the last several months, Republican presidential candidates have been waging the longest and costliest media battle in Iowa caucus history.

4.   Many independent candidates wage their campaigns primarily in cyberspace and in post office boxes.

5.   The candidates may be waging their final campaign appeals over education, Social Security and tax cuts.

6.   But polls show Gore and Bush in a dead heat, and the candidates are waging a fierce battle especially among seniors.

7.   The candidates have waged a dirty campaign.