• Inside the Beltway:Cheney works on GOP talking points for Roberts' confirmation. . . GQ has "wine-soaked train ride" of an interview with Gingrich. [WT]

• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown:Harry Shearer notices a "new Presidential facial movement." [NYDN]

• Cindy Adams: Columnist defends Judith Miller: "What is this, China?" [NYP]