Gossip Roundup: Telegenic No More
•Names & Faces: William Buckley Jr.leavingThe National Review. [ WP ]
•Under the Dome: Buckley Jr.: "If I knew then what I know now about what kind of situation we'd be in, I would have opposed this war.". . . British government bringsRep. Gilchrestand Hill staffers to London to increase environmental protection. . . Wall St. has mixed views ofTeresa. . .Mother Jonesannounces Diddly Awards. . . Inauguration planning underway, lead byLott. . .Sen. Robertson Armed Services Committee toWolfowitz: "This really dates me, but in the 1940s, there was a song that my dad and mom enjoyed..." ToArmitage: "Lets use theButch Cassidy-Sundance Kidquestion." [ The Hill ]
•Inside Politics: Hillaryto donors: "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that [tax cut] short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." [ WT ]
•Rush & Molloy: New book turns characters onBush.[ NYDN ]
•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Bremerseeks fat book deal. . .Chris Heinz: "I think I'm the only person who hasn't hooked up because of the campaign. Because I'm deathly afraid to... Campaigns are very young, but I only meet people for one or two nights at a time, max, unless I'm here in New York or in L.A. That's not a good model for me. I've never been that guy. I wish! Or I used to wish. Anyhow, I don't wish now." [NYDN ]
•Page Six: CJRcompares descriptions ofKerryin 2000 to today; "handsome" and "telegenic" no more. . .Carly Simon, James Taylorreunite forKerry.[ NYP and NYP ]
•Liz Smith: Charley Reese,conservative columnist, switches saysBushis an "empty suit who is manipulated by the people in his administration...Bushhas the most dangerously simplistic view of the world of any president in my memory." OnKerry: "It would be fun to have a president who plays hockey, windsurfs, rides motorcycles, plays the guitar, writes poetry and speaks French. It would be good to have a man in the White House who has killed people face-to-face. Killing has a sobering effect on a man and dispels all illusions about war.". . . PlusLiz Smith'sadvice forMonica.[ NYP ]