Gossip Roundup: Shorter is Better Edition
•Inside the Beltway: Condoleezza Riceat theReagan Library: "I was supposed to be here a couple of months ago... in fact, we had gotten Saddam Hussein... the only reason that I wouldn't make it this time was if somehow we'd gotten Osama bin Laden. Unfortunately, I'm here." [WT ]
•Reilable Source: Rudy Giuliani, smoking a cigar at the Palm: "You can't do this in New York!"..."CNN is Bad News"poster obstructing "money shot" of a victoriousKerryand his wife. [ WP ]
•Under the Dome: Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)quotes the Bible on the House floor in regards to marriage: "A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed" and "divorce is not possible, and finally, if a married man dies, his brother has to marry his sister-in-law." [ The Hill ]
•Page Six: Terry McAuliffe'sdays are numbered. "Kerrydeserves someone who is 100 percent loyal to him, not someone who has been subservient to theClintonsfor years," says source. [ NYP ]
•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Skull and Bonesmembers, includingWilliam Howard Taft, Bush 41, Bush 43, Kerry, and Dana Milbank,note presidential match-up. "Individual Bonesmen will sway according to their personal affiliations, but the Bonesmen I've spoken to have said it's a win-win situation," says investigator. [ NYDN ]