Gossip Roundup: 'Like the Old Days of Watergate'
•Reliable Source: Bonolunched withBushyesterday. . .Ana Marie Coxon upcoming novel: "I now realize that it's impossible to create any Washington character without somebody thinking it's them. I shouldn't have written a novel, I should have written an index." [ WP ]
•Under the Dome: Coburn(R-Okla.) says "it's ok if the Republicans lose control" in '06 and that "Republicans allow the next generation to pay for" their spending. . . Senators enjoy screening of "Good Night and Good Luck." [ The Hill ]
•Inside the Beltway: Hillary, Bill Bennett, Bob Bennett, Porter Gossand others will attend tonight's reception forLouis Freeh. . .Bush, LauraandNancy Reaganwill attend tomorrow's opening of the Air Force One Pavilion at the Reagan library. [ WT ]
•Liz Smith: Bush's "government is simply reeling with rumor. It's like the old days of Watergate with almost as much at stake." [ NYP ]