"Pat, countless Americans have been degraded, insulted, offended and wronged by your statements," D'Amato said. "You owe them an apology."

Buchanan said many of his comments have been taken out of the context and he has no anti-Semitic, racist or sexist feelings.

Buchanan charged that it is really D'Amato who is exclusionist because of his maneuvering to block Dole rivals from New York's March 7 primary ballot; only Dole and Steve Forbes are on ballots statewide, while Buchanan has qualified in two-thirds of the state's 31 congressional districts.

"The senator speaks of the politics of inclusion, but this year we've had one traditional Catholic running for president for the Republican party for the first time, one African-American, and one Jewish American," said Buchanan, a Catholic. "And Senator D'Amato and his legal folks have tried to keep all three of us off the ballot in New York."

Former radio talk show host Alan Keyes is the only black GOP candidate; Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the only Jewish candidate, dropped out.

Buchanan was looking forward to tomorrow's string of primaries, mostly in New England, that he said would knock Lamar Alexander from the race.

"It's an uphill battle, we know it is," said Buchanan, who won New Hampshire's primary but has been struggling since to regain momentum. But he called himself the "last conservative in this race who can win."

"After Tuesday you're going to find, with all due respect to Lamar, it's a two-man race between Buchanan and Dole, with Steve Forbes taking his shots," Buchanan said