Phyllis Schlafly and Bay Buchanan - not a chance.

"He'd prefer that things not be this way," said Bay Buchanan, his sister and chief strategist as campaign manager.

"We've got to get on 30 ballots," said Bay Buchanan, Mr. Buchanan's sister and chief strategist.

Perhaps the biggest absence is that of Bay Buchanan, Mr. Buchanan's sister, who served as the central strategist in his previous campaigns.

In turn, Matalin left in 1996 and was replaced by Bay Buchanan.

("I think early on he was watching Gramm," Bay Buchanan says.)

Speaking of Reed, Bay Buchanan says, "There's no question in my mind that he was involved, to make certain Pat wasn't the nominee."

And so now does Bay Buchanan.

"The conclusion, from the editing, is that there is no difference," Bay Buchanan says.

But that rankled his sister and campaign manager, Bay Buchanan.