* Heard on the Hill: Lieberman’s new flack: hack-of-all-trades Marhsall “Bullshit Moose” Whittmann. Only problem: he’s a Republican and Senator WALNUTS McCain’s strongest supporter. And he’s one helluva media whore… The Starbucks on New Jersey and E has this “customer testimonial” from “Timothy H., congressional page:” “When I bought a case of Starbucks coffee, the text messages stopped coming” … Former Tom Daschle flack starts Pro-Obama website, emails everyone on Hill about it… Katherine Harris news: “She’s sitting at home plotting her future and secretly hoping (praying?) that Vern’s election is overturned so that she can run again in ‘08,” former Harris staffer says. Please, Jesus. [Roll Call]
* Reliable Source: The Youth of Today! Or, like a couple years ago: Gen X’ers in positions of mostly-ceremonial power! Rep. Adam Putnam, Aged 8! Some Rep.-elect named “Kirsten!” [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: Esther Coopersmith holds a Thanksgiving Party for diplomats. Some of us just went to Galaxy Hut and sang karaoke, but that sounds cool too… A fond look back at the US before Iraq: Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ topped the charts, America thrilled to Eugene Levy’s embarrassing white-guy-rapping gimmick in Bringing Down the House. Truly a more innocent time… Senator whose state loves her the most: Olympia Snowe… Bob Novak went to the Panthers game with a young lady, didn’t have a very good time. [Examiner]
* Page Six: NY AG-elect Andrew Cuomo hired Clinton FBI head/Whitewater obsessive Louis Freeh. [NYP]

• Inside the Beltway: Louis Freeh’s children had advice for their father before his “Daily Show” appearance: “Whatever you do, Dad, don’t embarrass us.” [WT]
• Cindy Adams: Where will the White House stage Bush’s “informal” meeting with Prince Charles? [NYP]
• The Scoop: Did DeLay have a facelift? [MSNBC]

• Reliable Source: Bono lunched with Bush yesterday. . . Ana Marie Cox on upcoming novel: “I now realize that it’s impossible to create any Washington character without somebody thinking it’s them. I shouldn’t have written a novel, I should have written an index.” [WP]
• Under the Dome: Coburn (R-Okla.) says “it’s ok if the Republicans lose control” in ‘06 and that “Republicans allow the next generation to pay for” their spending. . . Senators enjoy screening of “Good Night and Good Luck.” [The Hill]
• Inside the Beltway: Hillary, Bill Bennett, Bob Bennett, Porter Goss and others will attend tonight’s reception for Louis Freeh. . . Bush, Laura and Nancy Reagan will attend tomorrow’s opening of the Air Force One Pavilion at the Reagan library. [WT]
• Liz Smith: Bush’s “government is simply reeling with rumor. It’s like the old days of Watergate with almost as much at stake.” [NYP]

• ‘06 brings anxiety for Republican candidates about their prospects; Elizabeth Dole faulted for weak performance as chairwoman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Analyst: “Is it poor recruiting or a bad environment? Probably both.” [WP, LAT]
• Specter questions Miers‘ qualifications; Bush says she “has excelled at everything she has done.” 27 GOP senators have expressed skepticism. [WP, WSJ, NYT, LAT, WT]
• Brownstein: “Bush picked Miers because he felt strong, not weak. . . Bush bypassed a long list of prominent federal judges who are known quantities to the conservative movement, but just names on a page to him. Instead, he picked someone who is a known quantity to him, but barely a name on the page to them. . . Bush simply overestimated their willingness to defer to him.” [LAT]
• High-level single women in the administration have formed informal social network; Miers has “a lot of girl talk” with Rice. [NYT]
• Republicans worry about a White House without Rove. [WSJ]

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