• Washington Whispers:Al Gore insists he is not running president. . . Rep. Jim Nussle (R), frontrunner in Iowa's gubernatorial race, has received donations from potential '08 contenders. [USN&WR]

• Inside the Beltway: DNC hand-delivers 160,000 separate FOIA requests about spying to the Justice Department. . . Christopher Hitchens, Grover Norquist, Wayne LaPierre, Bob Barr spotted at Old Town Alexandria's Landini Brothers restaurant. [WT]

• Inside Politics: White House is searching for all of the photos that show Bush with Jack Abramoff. [WT]

• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown:Al Franken expects help from Hillary Clinton if he runs for Senate: "She totally gets it. She's got a great, goofy sense of humor." [NYDN]