1.   For a while, pundits speculated that this crusade might become the long-sought national idea.

2.   In Washington, the pundits are speculating about when he will drop out.

3.   Pundits quickly speculated about a White House so bereft of ideas it had to seek them in the transcendent.

4.   Washington pundits speculate that Bush will not take action against Iraq as long as the Israeli-Palestinian violence continues.

5.   While some pundits have speculated that Clinton may be depressed or in denial, McCurry suggested neither extreme is true.

6.   Pundits were speculating whether the shooting gallery would be turned into a day care center.

7.   Political pundits have speculated that he would run as an independent candidate.

8.   Political pundits were speculating whether the shooting gallery would be turned into a day care center.

9.   Pundits speculated that the cat, named after a fictional senior civil servant in a British Broadcasting Corp. comedy, finally got tired of the political life.