• Names & Faces: Mo Rocca at Leftbank. . . Carole King interviewed by McLaughlin. [WP]

• Inside the Beltway: Corzine: "The latest rumor on the Hill is the Republicans will engulf the Senate floor in divisive debates.". . . Roadhouse in Alexandria creates life-size papier-mache models of Bush on a steer, Kerry on motorcycle. . . Coloring book about John Kerry released: "John Kerry has lots of big houses everywhere that his wife bought. They go in their own jet and don't have to sit next to some guy in a plane who smells and snores and drools when he sleeps." [WT]

• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Book claims Powell told Jack Straw U.S. hawks are "fucking crazies." [NYDN]

• Rush & Molloy: McGreevey and wife house hunting in Cranford, NJ. [NYDN]

• Liz Smith: Clinton, allergic to flowers, wants donations to AmFAR or his library. [NYP]