1.   Although some conservative senators have lodged numerous complaints against Hormel, the controversy over the library could be especially damaging.

2.   Among them were Rep. Philip Crane, R-Ill., and S.I. Hayakawa, the deeply conservative senator from California.

3.   And a conservative senator, privvy to the complaints, promises that Lott is about to become a lot less congenial.

4.   And he recently lost his two-year distinction as the most conservative senator in a well-known annual ranking.

5.   Ashcroft is among the most conservative senators.

6.   Behind those numbers is a larger shift with several Republican moderates replaced by much more conservative senators.

7.   Almost every conservative senator opposes it.

8.   But Democrats from both chambers and conservative Republican senators have been unwilling to make the concessions that would probably be needed to clinch a deal.

9.   But how could a conservative Republican senator and major flag waver for the original Gulf War honestly oppose punishing Saddam for violating his surrender terms?

10.   But it has come under attack from conservative senators, who believe the Constitution mandates a full hearing of all the evidence against the president.