Gossip Roundup: Myself or My Country Edition

•Reliable Source: Powell'schief of staff,Larry Wilkerson,tells GQPowellis tired of his post and admits: "I have some reservations about people who have never been in the face of battle, so to speak, who are making cavalier decisions about sending men and women out to die". . .Max Baucus'swife says press misrepresented her arrest. . .Kennedy, Shriver, Rep. Harold Ford Jr., Russert, Woodruff, Jean Kennedy Smith, Friedman,andHarris Woffordto celebrate new biography ofSargent Shrivertoday. [ WP ]

•Heard on the Hill: "Jeopardy Power Players" donates $450,000 in total; ABC News talent banned from such entertainment programming. . .Alex VogelandBruce Mehlmanpartner to form lobbying firm. . . 62 percent of 13,000 online gamblers bet onBushre-election. [ Roll Call ]

•Inside the Beltway: Nelson: "The sharpness of this poisoned atmosphere of excessive partisanship and excessive ideological rigidity has made it very difficult for this government to function.". . .Moynihan'spolitical memorabilia hits the auction block. [ WT ]

•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Karen Hughes'sclaim thatBushwas a varsity rugby player at Yale is proved wrong because there is no varsity rugby at Yale. [ NYDN ]

•Rush & Molloy: WhenHillaryannounced her candidacy for Senate,JFK Jr.reportedly remarked, "What, am I supposed to move to Arkansas?" [ NYDN ]

•Liz Smith: DoesHillary'smother want her daughter to run for president? "Shall I choose for myself or my country?" [ NYP ]

•Page Six: Patakithinks, tips $1 on a $17 tab; bartender thinks, contacts Page Six. . .Chris Heinz'sgym bag is stolen; he quickly cancels his American Express Black Card and notes the names in his directory "all go by codes." [ NYP and NYP ]