Across
1. Democratic possibility in '04
5. Sea between Borneo and the Philippines
9. Bring on the pain
13. Part 1 of commonality among the theme senators
15. Spread possibility
16. Senator from Florida, 2001-
18. "___ the time!"
19. Results of failed goal-line stands: abbr.
20. Movie theater snack
22. Societal rootlessness
26. Part 2 of commonality
28. Pool tactic
29. "___ get it!"
30. Recipient of tablets
31. Part 3 of commonality
34. Aberdeen adverb
35. Bad business move of 1957
36. "Do I have to draw you ___?"
40. Senator from New Mexico, 1977-83
42. "The Far Side" character, often: var.
46. Little island
47. It comes straight from the heart
48. Senator from Utah, 1975-93
50. Punditry, often
51. Least encumbered
52. Subject of Springsteen's "Born in the USA"
53. "Lost in woodland ___ wold"--Longfellow
54. End of commonality
61. "I'll give ___ topic"
62. Senator from Ohio, 1975-99
63. Syllables intended to shame
64. "Lucky Jim" author
65. Novelist Sarah ___ Jewett

Down
1. Rouge amount
2. AEI man Lehrer
3. Every smidgen
4. Paul Tagliabue's employer
5. Material in an Elvis title
6. slate.com and msn.com
7. Section of America's second-largest city?
8. Jimmy Carter says he saw one in 1969
9. Japanese for "squad leader"
10. They're his in Honolulu
11. Put back together, as Penelope with her shroud
12. They tend to grow on the north side of trees
14. Good way to show up for work
17. How some winds blow: abbr.
21. Rounds for firing
22. Fakes it
23. Word that often precedes "a"
24. City taken by the Allies in Nov. 1942
25. 47.Ng6+!? in chess, for example
26. Thornton Wilder's "___ of Our Teeth"
27. "Why ___ Thou Thyself in times of trouble?"--Psalms
29. It may have tail fins
32. Meadow
33. Affection
36. Andy's partner
37. Woody directed her to a 1995 Oscar
38. Esq.
39. School orgs.
40. Wealthy Englishmen tend to own them
41. May cause headaches, as Chinese food
42. Four-time winner of the Indy 500
43. 1992 Libertarian Party candidate for president Andre
44. Barely achieve
45. "Then had thy peace ___ a river"--Isaiah
49. ___ zed (the whole range, in Canada)
50. Has coming
52. Grape ___
55. Umbrella charity for Israelis: abbr.
56. Iowa Gov. Vilsack
57. Middle East letters
58. ___ Lingus
59. Paula Zahn medium
60. Ending for ethyl