The past fifteen days had seen a blizzard of faxes and phone calls discussing potential candidates.

Indeed, at one meeting the group discussed several candidates who were first mentioned in news articles as interested in jobs, a participant said.

Republican officials with close ties to the Bush campaign said that the men also undoubtedly discussed candidates for defense secretary.

In 1965, when Gallup asked if it was ever right for clergy members to discuss candidates or issues from the pulpit, 22 percent said yes.

University officials declined to discuss particular candidates but outlined some considerations.

Neither the Mayor's aides nor board members would discuss possible candidates at this stage, saying it was too early to single out any prospects.

Commission members said it was too early to discuss candidates for the full-time job.

None of those involved would discuss specific candidates, but other Pentagon officials say several are fairly obvious.

One view is that political blogs are used as a public forum for discussing the community, candidates, policy and voting.

Federal elections have barely ended when we start discussing the next election and prospective candidates.