1.   On the campaign trail, Gore often brings up the Supreme Court as he speaks of the need to protect abortion rights as he woos undecided women voters.

2.   Several undecided women, interviewed last week, provide a range of clues.

3.   Specifically, undecided women said they were now leaning toward Gore, while undecided men said they were leaning toward Bush.

4.   That category excludes too many undecided women, while the soccer mom probably has made up her mind by now.

5.   Both Republican Bush and Democrat Al Gore -- who had answered her questions a week earlier -- are courting undecided women voters.

6.   During their frequent Michigan visits, both Gore and Bush have made their pitches on health care and fiscal responsibility to undecided women.

7.   Women are a battleground voting bloc and, although undecided women tend to vote for Democrats, polls show Bush in striking distance of Democrat Al Gore among them.