For the Record

■ The Hotline’s electoral scoreboard of latest state polls shows Al Gore leading in 19 states worth 241 electoral votes, and George W. Bush ahead in 28 states worth 234 (270 needed to win). … In Dallas Morning News, Ralph Nader says he may change outcomes in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington State, and Wisconsin. . . .Joe Lieberman, on ABC’s This Week: “I don’t think Governor Bush is ready—based on his experience, his record, his proposals in this campaign—to be the kind of president that the American people need at this point in our history.” … In NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 49 percent say Dick Cheney is more qualified to be president than Lieberman, and 26 percent say reverse. … By winning two gubernatorial races and 17 state legislative contests, GOP would control congressional redistricting in 182 districts, up from just five in 1991, reports Washington Post. States to watch on election night: Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

■ Gore, on surrogates’ claims Bush isn’t smart enough to be president, on Today: “I don’t want to raise any questions about his capacity.” . . . Gore, on how murder of John Lennon affected him, in Rolling Stone: “It was not only the loss of a great man, it was the loss of a true genius. … The loss of any chance the Beatles would come back together and bring us a new sensibility, from the standpoint of that incredible gestalt that they had. I thought of the senseless violence in our society, and the ease with which people who obviously shouldn’t have access to guns can get them.” . . . Gore, in The Tennessean, in 1984: “I don’t pretend to have an understanding of homosexuality that sustains a discussion of its roots but I do not believe it is simply an acceptable alternative that society should affirm. That statement is bound to offend some people.” . . . New York Times, endorsing Gore for president: “Mr. Gore brings a lifelong record of protecting basic rights for women, minorities and gays. …”

Featured Tags

■ The Hotline’s electoral scoreboard of latest state polls shows Al Gore leading in 19 states worth 241 electoral votes, and George W. Bush ahead in 28 states worth 234 (270 needed to win). … In Dallas Morning News, Ralph Nader says he may change outcomes in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington State, and Wisconsin. . . .Joe Lieberman, on ABC’s This Week: “I don’t think Governor Bush is ready—based on his experience, his record, his proposals in this campaign—to be the kind of president that the American people need at this point in our history.” … In NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 49 percent say Dick Cheney is more qualified to be president than Lieberman, and 26 percent say reverse. … By winning two gubernatorial races and 17 state legislative contests, GOP would control congressional redistricting in 182 districts, up from just five in 1991, reports Washington Post. States to watch on election night: Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

■ Gore, on surrogates’ claims Bush isn’t smart enough to be president, on Today: “I don’t want to raise any questions about his capacity.” . . . Gore, on how murder of John Lennon affected him, in Rolling Stone: “It was not only the loss of a great man, it was the loss of a true genius. … The loss of any chance the Beatles would come back together and bring us a new sensibility, from the standpoint of that incredible gestalt that they had. I thought of the senseless violence in our society, and the ease with which people who obviously shouldn’t have access to guns can get them.” . . . Gore, in The Tennessean, in 1984: “I don’t pretend to have an understanding of homosexuality that sustains a discussion of its roots but I do not believe it is simply an acceptable alternative that society should affirm. That statement is bound to offend some people.” . . . New York Times, endorsing Gore for president: “Mr. Gore brings a lifelong record of protecting basic rights for women, minorities and gays. …”