Stray boys and cats are already camping outside of Target in hopes of procuring a SARAH PALIN NAUGHTY ALASKAN MAID HALLOWEEN COSTUME (one size fits all). Complete with a moose pelt mini skirt, an apron/Twitter feed, a GOP debit card and a boner-inducing book deal, industry analysts predict the nipple-hardening Alaskan get-up will be an easier sell than IRAQI WMDS! … MORE »

* Reliable Source: Laura Bush, Barbara Bush, and George H.W. Bush will dedicate the childhood home of W. today in Midland, Texas. . . Wolfgang Puck’s D.C. eatery will be called the Source. . . Condoleezza Rice dined at Cafe Milano with Harriet Miers. [WP]
* Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Richard Mellon Scaife’s estate is attacked by his ex-wife. [NYDN]

* Today’s march for immigrant rights passed pretty close to Julia’s Empanadas — tasty! Good planning, Immigrant Solidarity Network. But you might want to change that acronym. (Yes, we know; the INS now calls itself the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. But bad associations die hard.) [Google Maps; Restaurant Finder; ISN] MORE »