Before you decide whether to seek the Presidency of these United States on the Reform Party ticket -- and they say they are interested if you are -- there are some things you should know. The party's leftists are recruiting an anti-abortion, anti-immigration creationist, Pat Buchanan, as their champion.

BY NOW, many people are wondering what Lenora Fulani, the leftist, was doing having lunch with Reform Party hopeful Pat Buchanan, the right-winger. I was there. She was attending the funeral of social conservatism.

The second-most asked political question of the past month, next to "Did you ever use cocaine, Governor Bush?" was this one: "How can Pat Buchanan and Warren Beatty both be interested in becoming the Reform Party candidate for president?"

THERE'S A NEW money-in-politics story in town. It's the one about the Reform Party having $13 million for its nominee in the 2000 presidential race.