This morning, the Republican governors announced what they called key changes to the proposal.

His first television commercial calls him "the Republican governor who turned around a Democratic state."

The Republican governors, of course, have it exactly right.

The Republican governors' proposal has no such requirement, leaving states free to set policy as they choose.

"He gave new meaning to rhetoric," the Republican Governor said with a smile.

The Republican governors would not have required states to continue spending their own money on Medicaid.

George Ryan, the former Republican governor, was charged with federal crimes last year.

The Republican governors were a large force in the president's election in 2000 and would be in 2004.

As she spoke, the Republican Governor fidgeted like an excited student waiting to answer.

THE Republican governors were the farm team for their party in the 1990's.

And the administration is getting some support from a few Republican governors.

It is by no means clear that any of the nation's 34 Republican governors would agree to the idea, they said.

I think it's 32 states now have Republican governors, and there's a reason for it.

The state has elected only five Republican governors since 1900.

There will be just 22 Republican governors next year, compared with 28 now.

At one point in the late 1970's, the firm was advising 11 of the country's 19 Republican governors.

Republican governors met several times among themselves at this conference to try to agree on a formula.

Five of 11 Southern states have Republican governors, up from 4 in 1990.

Davis was elected in 1869 as the first ever Republican governor of Texas.

And the actions by the three Republican governors suggest that environmental issues have taken on added political importance in a presidential election year.