Gossip Roundup: Media Person of the Year
•Washington Whispers: Russia increases economic espionage on American interests to Cold War levels. . .Rove, furious by inaccurate exit polls, enlistedCardandRice, who "was into it," to help with number-crunching. . .Hillary's friends say team is preparing to run '08 campaign in tandem with '06 re-election. . .Bushaides look to work withObama. . .Jeb, Huckabee, Romney, Frist, Owens, Brownback, Barbouralso in the running for '08. . .Rove's secret formula included "la la la" voice exercises and "drinking tea with honey, sucking on throat lozenges, getting some neck massages on the plane.". . .Clintonstill undecided as to best way to deal with impeachment in his library. [ USN&WR ]
•Cindy Adams: Chelseahires p.r. mavenHoward Rubenstein. . .Powell, with resignation written, weighs details of upcoming book considering son's position at FCC. . .Lewinskypurchased two shopping carts of bulbs. [ NYP ]
•Page Six: Powellto leave within the year, as early as next month. . .Jon Stewartfront-runner for "Media Person of the Year." [ NYP , NYP ]