Gossip Roundup: Rove Running
•Under the Dome: Chris Matthews-guided tour of the "Hardball" set auctions for $5,000. . .Fristrecently paid a visit to his college dorm. . .Senator Stevens, the king of "pork" spending, collected $68.5m for Alaska. . . One diner at at the Palm restaurant 88 times over 57 days. [ The Hill ]
•Inside the Beltway: Rain-soaked pool report: "Roveran like a lump of sugar to avoid getting wet.". . . 25 lawmakers missed more than 10 days of work but received payment for their time. . . $3b was spent lobbying Congress last year. [ WT ]
•Names & Faces: RedfordvisitsWoodwardfor 3-hour "life catch-up." [ WP ]
•Rush & Molloy: Ricereportedly was "spurned by an Iranian boyfriend in college." [ NYDN ]