1.   Gore wants the federal government to play the leading role in shaping the superhighway.

2.   Gore might want to check with Richards before he decides to take Bush lightly.

3.   Gore wants more government.

4.   Gore wants to give individual workers refundable tax credits to help create private, voluntary, tax-free savings accounts independent from the Social Security fund.

5.   Gore wants to maintain the existing system, while shoring up any weak areas.

6.   Gore wants to provide by law that the cost of prescription drugs be covered under Medicare.

7.   Gore wants to target his tax cuts to help lower- and middle-income Americans.

8.   Gore also wants to encourage private saving for retirement.

9.   Gore also wants to make more lower-income married couples eligible for the earned-income credit.

10.   Gore may also want to choose someone with a little more charm, such as Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, to counterbalance his own reputation for woodenness.