1.   Gore aides distributed summaries of recent statewide polls, showing gains for Gore in key battleground states.

2.   Gore aides have said he may ultimately contest the results in other counties as well.

3.   Gore aides said that although federal prisons require mandatory drug testing, not all state and local criminal justice facilities do.

4.   Gore aides said that, to their knowledge, he had never belonged to the NRA.

5.   Gore aides said they had failed to pursue Bush aggressively enough, and said they planned to do so this week.

6.   Gore aides were more than eager to underscore the differences between the two.

7.   Gore aides, however, see little political downside in the issue, other than the momentary embarrassment when the vice president is caught.

8.   Gore aides believe that having Lieberman on the ticket will help them in states like Florida that have large Jewish populations.

9.   Gore aides dismissed the Bush statistics, saying they did not take the overall picture into account.

10.   Gore aides have said the vice president has nothing to do with the California primary schedule.