Gossip Roundup: Matthews Irked Edition
• Names & Faces: "Free Matt Cooper" shirts sold by John Edgell. [WP]
• Inside the Beltway:President Ford toasted by Dick and Don. [WT]
• Inside Politics:Kerry reads four or five newspapers a day. . . Amtrak conductor suspended for encouraging passengers to vote against Kerry. [WT]
• Page Six:Robert Kennedy Jr. may burn his house down to eliminate "something like termites." [NYP]
• Rush & Malloy:Namath, on Nixon's enemies list, also tracked by FBI. Matthews irked by Russert's poaching of O'Reilly/Krugman cagematch, hoped to make a favorable impression on Fox honchos should Slate sale take the MS out of MSNBC and ground Hardball. [NYDN]