All Democratic candidates are expected toremain in the race regardless of their finishtoday. Much attention will probably be placed onthe struggle for third, for which Harkin andKerrey are running neck-and-neck.

Kerrey told reporters yesterday that afourth-place finish here would not end hiscampaign, and refused to acknowledge thepossibility of being displaced by displacing byBrown or Cuomo.

"I'm not going to finish fifth," Kerrey said ata Concord press conference.

President Bush was the only major candidate whoremained outside New Hampshire on the day beforethe primary. Bush's wife Barbara camaigned heavilywhile the president conducted interviews withlocal radio and television from the White House.Bush continued his refusal to criticize, or evenmention by name, his main competitor here--PatBuchanan.

In contrast, Buchanan, toured 14 cities in abus caravan yesterday, criticzing the Presidentand trying to capitalize on widespread frustrationwith the economy under the Bush administration.New Hampshire has lost more than 50,000 jobs sinceDecember 1989.

The Republican primary is especiallysignificant here; 41 percent of New Hampshirevoters are registered Republicans, with another 29percent independents, who frequently voteRepublican. Republicans control both houses of thelegislature and the governor's mansion