• Under the Dome:Mehlman enjoys the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, and Jimi Hendrix while Dean listens to Willie Nelson, the Beatles, Sheryl Crow, and Wyclef Jean. . . The Iraqi Prime Minister keeps Clinton's autobiography on his desk, next to the Koran. [USN&WR]

• Inside the Beltway:George Will predicts George Allen will beat Hillary in '08. [WT]

• Rush & Molloy: Gay activist Michelangelo Signorile heard about a conservative who "was contender for the federal judiciary" who made "sexual advances on men in gyms in Washington and other cities." The White House had no comment; he is "just quietly no longer a contender!" [NYDN]