Out of the grimy, cement-block building filed the Bush partisans.

Now the American economy isn't doing as well as Bush partisans think it is.

The Bush partisans accused the Gore camp of seeking loopholes in the Florida laws it had cited as controlling the situation in federal court just this morning.

Bush partisans mistakenly made much of the narrow split in the Florida court, as if a 4-to-3 decision was somehow less than decisive.

Interviews with Bush partisans who turned out for a fund-raising lunch here today suggested that their support is highly conditional.

The Bush partisans cheered, but they were no match for the passion of the Robertson crowd.

By reactively asking for the head of whoever happens to be villain of the week, they allow Bush partisans to play their strongest game.

And it's possible to detect among Bush partisans an element of frustration at the public for what they see as its failure to do so.

Outside the stone courthouse in downtown Atlanta, a small but giddy band of Bush partisans held a continuing demonstration.

But not all Bush partisans in the press expressed such anger.