1.   All but one of the current justices on the state high court were appointed by the last two Republican governors.

2.   All the leading Republican governors qualify as fiscal conservatives.

3.   But the Republican governors recoiled from the prospect of reopening the welfare bill for anything.

4.   Clinton noted that even some Republican governors had asked for the government to restore such benefits.

5.   Even Republican governors, who had gathered here to give the candidate advice on Tuesday, were unaware of the Decision.

6.   He had developed close ties with many Republican governors.

7.   Republican governors in particular were intimately involved in crafting the final version of the measure.

8.   The Republican governor, Arne Carlson, has promised to veto the bill.

9.   The Republican governors have proved much more supple in adapting themselves to local conditions on these polarizing issues.

10.   Yet any big move by the reborn Republican governor will require a compromise with Democratic legislators.