Gossip Roundup: I Better Get at Least as Much as Maureen Edition

•Names & Faces: White House places fresh flowers on seats of rickety press plane. Pilot, dubbed "Captain Bang," flies a bumpy ride. [WP ]

•Inside the Beltway: KE04attorney resigns after allegedly soliciting prostitute. . .Cheneycelebrates 40th anniversary, will settle for "four more years." [ WT ]

•Inside Politics: Zellout.com saysMillershould be a Republican. . .Coulternexis-es "Hardball"; apparentlyMatthewstalked more thanJohn O'Neill. [ WT ]

•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Delegates have choice words forMichael Moore. . . Putnam reportedly gaveDowd$675,000 advance. [ NYDN ]

•Piazza & Rovzar: Boy George, Moby, Lou Reed, Weinstein, Billy Baldwin, Alan Cumming, and the rest of liberal New York hope to out-party Republicans. [ NYDN ]

•Liz Smith: ClintonadvisesKerryto "be absolutely clear as possible outlining what he would do, if elected, on all major issues." Calls "F9/11" "brilliant" and "provocative.". . .Sim Farar, Tony Bennettrake in $3m forKE04. [ NYP ]

•Page Six: Rodent problem at Madison Square Garden. . . Foghat doesn't supportBush. . . Dreamers thinkCheneywill drop out at convention, allowingMcCainto step up. . .Alexandra, Vanessaskip party favors at VMAs. [ NYP , NYP , NYP , NYP ]