She declined to suggest anyone in particular, but within minutes of her announcement, the names of several possible replacement candidates began bubbling in Republican circles.

That remark rumbled through Republican circles in Iowa like an earthquake, and some Dole opponents seized it to question the Senator's conservative bona fides.

Fiscal fine-turning is again out of fashion, at least in Republican circles.

Mr. Gray toiled in Republican circles for the Eisenhower Administration and the 1980 Reagan Presidential campaign.

There is an argument floating around Republican circles that in order to win again, the G.O.P. has to reconnect with the truths of its Goldwater-Reagan glory days.

Mr. D'Amato is a leading figure in the Dole campaign, and his criticism reverberated throughout Republican circles.

But neither, he added, will it help the Mayor in Republican circles.

"Herman Badillo is a nice man, someone who has contributed greatly to this city and state, but I'm not sure that resonates in Republican circles," he said.

Lazio's campaign, however, had made sparing use of those strengths, and in the aftermath, the buzz in Republican circles focused on the mistakes.

Mr. Lewi not only knows his way around Republican circles but Jewish ones also.