Gossip Roundup: "Long, Skinny Cigarette" Edition

•Washington Whispers: BC04insiders predict win by 50% to 47%. . .Kerrywould put Republicans in his cabinet. . .Peter Hartsays non-voters content with life outside of the arena. . . "Sox obsessed"Kerryskipped school to attend Game 6 of the '75 World Series. . .BC04outerwear popular among staff.McClellan: "You wouldn't believe how warm they are.". . . Men drawn to gun-totingKerry. . . Media Fund ad tyingBushto Saudi royals found to be most effective. . . GOP testingTeresa's gin-infused recipe for arthritis relief. . . Pro-choice groups screen "Vera Drake" to mobilize voters againstBush. [ USN&WR ]

•Out & About: Stanley Tucci, Scott Simon, Wolf Blitzerattend Holocaust Museum event. [ WP ]

•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Ana Marie CoxinvitesKristen Goreto review her upcoming book. As forCox's review of "Sammy's Hill": "[T]heGorefamily has been really fucked over, and they know the difference between a bad review and a stolen election." [ NYDN ]

•Rush & Molloy: Mo Rocca: "I'm convinced thatTeresa Heinz [Kerry] is going to have some announcement - like she's going to give everyone in Ohio a Pontiac." [ NYDN ]

•Page Six: Kerry's inner circle comprised of "mostly single, fiftysomething, skirt-chasing lotharios with an appetite for twentysomething babes.". . .John, Teresawill be in Ketchum for New Year's, win or lose. [ NYP , NYP ]

•The Scoop: Barbaraspotted with "long, skinny cigarette" at Smith Point. [ MSNBC ]