Gossip Roundup: Having a Say in the Dirt

•Inside the Beltway: McAuliffebusy with recounts in Ohio, Washington. [ WT ]

•Inside Politics: Frankenreups with Air America for two years. [ WT ]

•Rush & Molloy: Bush twinstakeLaurato SushiSamba 7, add $20 tip to $70 bill. [ NYDN ]

•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: O'Reillytells Jewish caller: "You gotta go to Israel then.". . . Man praised byBushon anniversary had "inappropriate relationship" with 17-year-old. [ NYDN ]

•Cindy Adams: Teresa: "The job of a political spouse is to say, 'Hey, idiot . . .' It enables the partner to remind the person of who they are -- or were -- and of the sudden discrepancies of that person's inner core. You have to be able to say to them, 'You didn't used to think like that.'"Elizabeth Edwards: "Women are traditionally chaos managers. We're the ones always called in to do the clean-up. That's why we must have a political say as to how the dirt should be made." [ NYP ]