1.  Beyond that, the Clinton campaign, with far more money, has already begun blanketing pivotal states with commercials aimed at reinforcing a positive image of Clinton.

2.  Civil rights organizations pushed a major voter registration drive of minority voters this year, especially in pivotal states like Florida.

3.  Clinton was similarly upbeat on the education day of his whistlestop tour of pivotal states in the industrial Midwest.

4.  Engler is a respected conservative whose politically pivotal state has prospered during his tenure.

5.  Gore is described as highly aware of the considerable influence that Cuban-American voters may have in two pivotal states, Florida and New Jersey.

6.  He said the biggest threat to Bush is Forbes, because he is organizing in pivotal states and pouring his own fortune into the race.

7.  If the race were to tighten up, the two most pivotal Southern states would probably be Kentucky and Louisiana.

8.  Instead, the race is now being defined by McCain, who is closing in on Bush in polls here and in pivotal states like Michigan and California.

9.  Local organizations were established in pivotal states.

10.  Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole swept the primaries in four politically pivotal industrial states Tuesday and locked up the Republican presidential nomination.