Gossip Roundup: Matthews Irked Edition
•Names & Faces: "FreeMatt Cooper" shirts sold byJohn Edgell. [ WP ]
•Inside the Beltway: President Fordtoasted byDickandDon. [ WT ]
•Inside Politics: Kerryreads four or five newspapers a day. . . Amtrak conductor suspended for encouraging passengers to vote againstKerry. [ WT ]
•Page Six: Robert Kennedy Jr.may burn his house down to eliminate "something like termites." [ NYP ]
•Rush & Malloy: Namath, onNixon's enemies list, also tracked by FBI.Matthewsirked byRussert's poaching of O'Reilly/Krugman cagematch, hoped to make a favorable impression on Fox honchos should Slate sale take the MS out of MSNBC and ground Hardball. [ NYDN ]