11.  Both Alexander and Forbes have already spent large sums on issue ads in early primary states like New Hampshire.

12.  A major challenge for religious conservatives in politics, however, is the numbers they can field in major presidential primary states.

13.  A month before the ritual of an official declaration, volunteers are deployed in primary states.

14.  A third party should not be able to come into a primary state and drop millions to sway voters with misleading ads.

15.  After ending her own bid for the Republican nomination, she frequently stumped for Bush in early primary states.

16.  Buchanan said McCain also will need to improve his fund-raising and campaign organizations in upcoming primary states to remain competitive with the better-funded and better-organized Bush.

17.  Bradley and Gore are in a tight race in Iowa and New Hampshire and several other early primary states.

18.  Bush is skipping the GOP meeting in this key primary state, sending brother Jeb, the governor of Florida, instead.

19.  But as Bush travels through the key caucus and primary states, the layers of complexity behind his incandescent smile are slowly revealed.

20.  Bush on Saturday begins a tour of the key primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire, and he will attend a number of fund-raisers elsewhere Friday.