Gossip Roundup: Leon Wieseltier? Fookin' Leon Wieseltier? Edition
•The Reliable Source: Michael Jacksonto meet withSheila Jackson Lee;the Congressional Black Caucus cancelled their meeting with him. . .Allyson and Dan Bartlettwelcome twins Jacob and Sutton. [ WP ]
•Heard on the Hill: Leon Wieseltier,ofTNR, had a cameo on "The Sopranos" this week: "It beats 'Crossfire.' Every once in a while God sends me some icing for my cake. This is some icing.". . . ActorJoe Pantolianois interested in replacingJack Valenti: "Tell em to give me a call my career is in the toilet anyway.". . . 900 guests sign a poster forBrian Lambat C-SPAN's gala dinner. . . "Yeah, we had 800 people onKarl Roveslawn," said a spokeswoman for National People's Action on their protest. [ Roll Call ]
•Rush & Molloy: Gov. Rendell'slimo often tops 100 mph in Pennsylvania "with its emergency lights flashing and siren wailing to shoo other motorists out of the way." [ NYDN ]
•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: The White House braces for the next book of bad news, this time overBob Woodward's"Plan of Attack," due out next month. The book, about the war on terror, will be serialized inThe Washington Postand promoted on "60 Minutes." [ NYDN ]
•Cindy Adams: Hillaryon the election: "It will be incredibly close. . . It will be outside forces - something unforeseen that suddenly happens - that tilts the election one way or another." [ NYP ]