Wonkette

* Reliable Source: Rep. Patrick Kennedy receives six stitches in his lip after being accidentally struck in the head with a hammer. [WP]
* Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Teresa Heinz Kerry was reportedly restrained by a staffer so Edwards could reach Kerry first after his convention acceptance speech. [NYDN]
* Liz Smith: Fred Barnes wants Rice to replace Cheney, Senor to replace McClellan, and Rove to jump to the RNC. [NYP]
* Cindy Adams: Stylist Patricia Field does up Ari Fleischer. [NYP]

Now that Andrew Card has resigned as White House chief of staff, the parlor game has begun. Everyone is speculating: Is this just the first of a string of resignations? If so, who will be heading out the door next? MORE »

• Reliable Source: Rachel Brand is called the “breakout star of the hearings”. . . Accusations of age discrimination at Washingtonian magazine. [WP]
• Inside the Beltway: Clinton will deliver the eulogy to Eugene McCarthy. . . Bush reads “five to every one [book] that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reads,” according to Fred Barnes. [WT]
• Liz Smith: Ana Marie Cox says there’s “a cold war of gossip” in Washington.[NYP]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Sen. Hillary Clinton kept her distance from Harry Belafonte at Rainbow Room event. [NYDN]
• Rush & Molloy: Russian politician: Condoleezza Rice is “a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men’s attention. Such women are very rough.”. . . Sen. McCain carries lucky compass, lucky feather, lucky penny, lucky rock and a lucky pen. [NYDN]