Gossip Roundup: Pirro's Panties
• Bushto ride withLance Armstrongin Crawford, though without traditional cycling attire: "There are certain things that age brings with it, and not wearing the form-fitting Lycra shorts is one of them, if you know what I mean." Somehow we think things would have been different underKerry. . . .McCaintakes son and pal out to congratulatory dinner Arlington. . . 41 percent in TIME survey have no idea what to think of "Influential Hispanic"Alberto Gonzales. [ WP ]
•AtGeorge Soros' 75th birthday party in Southampton, he "pitched giant air-conditioned tents" (heh) and invited Indian and African performers to entertain guests, moguls found planes grounded, however, and had to take car services to city. [ Rush and Malloy ]
•That's one way to distinguish yourself from Hillary: Jeanine Pirrolikes silky underthings and margaritas. [ Page Six ]
•Novelistic take on the War on Terror hasBushasking, "Can we somehow throw a kind of electric blanket around New York?" [ Cindy Adams ]
• Walter Isaacsonkeeps Washington's eyes " turned west looking to Aspen" with thrill-a-minute dialogues starring the likes ofJoe Lieberman. [ Liz Smith ]