Filed by Michael Kranish of the Boston Globe: MORE »

White House reporters have noted Laura Bush

• Inside the Beltway: Margaret Spellings said of Miers in 2003: “She doesn’t want to be in the paper. She’s all about the president. Will people think she is important and in the know for her next gig? I can tell you she is and she is.”. . . White House pool report noted that Cheney dashed his turkey with salt or pepper. [WT]
• Under the Dome: After urging conservation, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman uses Cadillac limo and large SUV to travel 15 blocks. . . Rumsfeld distracted by the “wrong rabbit”. . . Aspen Institute names Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Dan Boren (D-Okla.), Artur Davis (D-Ala.), Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.), Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) among top 24 “emerging leaders.” [The Hill]
• Rush & Molloy: Dean on Miers: “You can’t play hide the salami, or whatever it’s called. [Bush has] got to go out there and say something about this woman

• Inside the Beltway: Podesta group issues press release titled “How Not to Prepare for a Massive Hurricane, by President Bush“. . . White House pool report noted Air Force One served “the biggest cinnamon bun you ever saw, even bigger than the ones you can buy in the mall.” [WT]
• Inside Politics: Buchanan calls for Republicans to attack Bush for his immigration policies. . . Will evangelicals accept Romney, a mormon, in ‘08? [WT]
• Names & Faces: Schwarzenegger museum in Austria closes. [WP]
• Liz Smith: Bill Clinton and Desmond Tutu will receive awards from the Human Rights Campaign. [NYP]

• Inside the Beltway: White House pool report comments Bush “wore a dark blue suit, looked tired and drawn.”. . . Hank Williams Jr. gives “pledge of support” to Frist. [WT]
• Inside Politics: Leahy says he would not vote for Roberts if nominee expressed positions on specific cases. . . Sharpton’s driver arrested for driving at 110 mph in Texas; Sharpton walked away. AP: “There is no word on where they went.”. . . Sheehan supporters may start releasing video packages. [WT]
• Rush & Molloy: McGreevey milks the “gay social circuit.”. . . Clintons vacation in Kauai, invite Pierce Brosnan. [NYDN]
• Page Six: Judith Miller “is having a perfectly awful time in jail,” her husband reports. [NYP]
• Names & Faces: Deck of Bush playing cards literally leans right (Rove is the ace of diamonds). [WP]