Yesterday we solicited your guesses as to which unidentified officials were mentioned by Glenn Kesler in his recent Kremlinology of the State Department (from this article in the Washington Post). MORE »

For today’s episode, check out Glenn Kessler’s article in today’s Washington Post, a gossip-ridden discussion of some recent reshuffling at the State Department. Kessler writes: MORE »

* Only 1.4m of the 8m low-income Americans eligible for special Medicare benefits have made shift to new plan; “the government is on track to spend about $250 for each person it enrolls.” [WP]
* Bush presses for energy innovation: “We have a chance to transform the way we power our economy, and the way we lead our lives.” [WP, NYT, USAT]
* Some State Department officials complain that a recent reorganization was politically motivated and “reduced the influence of employees who were viewed by some political appointees as disloyal to the administration’s policies.” [WP]
* Sen. Specter (R-Pa.) hopes to propose limits on NSA eavesdropping within the next few weeks. [WT]

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• Anonymous Republican sources divided on fate of President. [CJR]
• WSJ wants to know what Fitzgerald’s got that they haven’t got. [WSJ]
• If Anderson Cooper is journalism’s “New Coke,” can we be its Fresca? [Romenesko Letters]
• Drowning in New Coke. [Access Atlanta]
• Was ousted CPB head Tomlinson a watch dog or a rabid one? [FishbowlNYC]