Wonkette

• Heard on the Hill: Doug Schoen, pollster for the Gore-Lieberman 2000 presidential campaign and for the abortive 2004 presidential campaign of Sen. Joe Lieberman, donated $2,100 to Lieberman’s primary challenger Ned Lamont. [Roll Call]
• Reliable Sources: Tony Hawk left the Black Cat early last weekend after a friend was ejected for drinking without ID… George Allen’s wife Susan was kicked out of an Alexandria park for campaigning for her husband… Robert Steinbuch has filed another suit against Jessica Cutler, this one in Arkansas. He also filed papers seeking to add Ana Marie Cox as a defendant. [WP]
• Under the Dome: In a letter accidentally sent to constituents, Jim Nussle failed to sound tough enough on immigration… Howard Dean snubbed two Arizona congressional candidates by announcing his desire to elect a woman in that district. [The Hill]
• Page Six: Controversial AIDS writer Celia Farber receives a good review from an AIDS research organization. Page Six prints an unspeakably horrible headline. [NYP]

• Washington Whispers: Al Gore insists he is not running president. . . Rep. Jim Nussle (R), frontrunner in Iowa’s gubernatorial race, has received donations from potential ‘08 contenders. [USN&WR]
• Inside the Beltway: DNC hand-delivers 160,000 separate FOIA requests about spying to the Justice Department. . . Christopher Hitchens, Grover Norquist, Wayne LaPierre, Bob Barr spotted at Old Town Alexandria’s Landini Brothers restaurant. [WT]
• Inside Politics: White House is searching for all of the photos that show Bush with Jack Abramoff. [WT]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Al Franken expects help from Hillary Clinton if he runs for Senate: “She totally gets it. She’s got a great, goofy sense of humor.” [NYDN]