• Under the Dome: Doctor on Clinton: "He is awake but still sedated. So he is arousable.". . . Bush, Kerry share great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents. . . Kerry, Edwards books not popular; Miller has made $175,000 on his best-seller. . . Cosby, Jamie Foxx, P. Diddy, Russell Simmons, Mos Def, Doug E. Fresh, Wanda Sykes, Omarosa, Angela Bassett in town for CBC conference. . . Graham describes Bush as "withdrawn, even standoffish" and straight from central casting. [The Hill]

• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown:Kitty Kelley says Larry King is too close to the Bush clan to have her on. . . Kaplan calls Joe Scarborough Chuck, gets the name of his book wrong. . . Gore family, Shoshanna Lonstein celebrate "Sammy's Hill" release. . . [NYDN]

• Rush & Molloy: Insider claims Sharon Bush did confirm drug charge. [NYDN]

• Page Six:Phelps seeks connection with Jenna. . . Matthews with son --and NYU freshman-- Thomas at Elaine's. [NYP, NYP]

• Liz Smith:Gore to The New Yorker: "I think [Bush] is a bully, and like all bullies, he’s a coward when confronted with a force that he’s fearful of." [NYP]

• Cindy Adams:Clinton's Sept. 27th speech not cancelled. . . Surgeon of Cronkite, Letterman, King turned down Clinton. . . [NYP]

• Heard on the Hill:Podesta brothers host "women for Tom Daschle" tonight. [Roll Call]

• Inside Politics: Elector in West Virginia may withhold vote. [WT]

• The Scoop:41 allegedly called head of Doubleday to stop publication of Kitty Kelley's book. [MSNBC]