Gossip Roundup: Splash

*Heard on the Hill: Mary Landrieusaid: "I often think we would have been better off if the terrorists had blown up our levees. Maybe we'd have gotten more attention." Also trashed Mississippi... House GOP Flacks arrive at weekly meeting to find Cannon Caucus room double-booked. They were forced tomove chairs themselves. [ Roll Call ]

*Reliable Source: Former State SecGeorge Shultzsports a suit pinstriped with his goddamn name. [ WP ]

*Yeas and Nays: Fun scene fromTerry McAuliffe'snew book about his daughter playing "mermaid" in a pool withHillary Clinton... Name expert on '08 contenders: Brownback"sounds like a good 'ol Western boy," "Mittis a very ugly name," "I loveVilsackbecause it's foreign."Karl Rovewent toWhose Afraid of Virginia Woolf. [ Examiner ]

*Under the Dome: Norm Colemanshows up for a vote, forgets tie. This is apparently a violation of Senate rules. Someone brought him a tie, though, so we can't kick him out. Also the MN Democratic party lied about him "blocking" the minimum wage bill...Bonokept a "low profile" when he was here last. Despite this we still have to hear about it. [ The Hill ]

*Shenanigans: At last week's National Review Institute's Conservative Summit, you missed everyone passing around a doctored version ofRita Cosby'sbusiness card with "For a good time, call..." printed on it... "Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., was spotted walking out the back door of that lobbyist mecca, Capital Grille." [ Politico ]

*Page Six: JFK and Robert Stackwill get you laid! [ NYP ]

*Rush & Molloy: Republicans hateRudy. [ NYDN ]