  We construct a 2-variable link polynomial, called $W_L$, for classical links
by considering simultaneously the Kauffman state models for the Alexander and
for the Jones polynomials. We conjecture that this polynomial is the product of
two 1-variable polynomials, one of which is the Alexander polynomial.
  We refine $W_L$ to an ordered set of 3-variable polynomials for those links
in 3-space which contain a Hopf link as a sublink.
