Notebook

By Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Rachel Dry, Daren Fonda, Frank Gibney, Ellin Martens, Benjamin Nugent, Julie Rawe, Max Smith and Josh Tyrangiel

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

JOSEPH LIEBERMAN McCainesque media lovefest! "Senator, which is your greater strength--honor or integrity?"

DICK CHENEY G.O.P. Veep said to get $20 M retirement pkg. Sounds better than privatizing Social Security

BILL CLINTON We're glad latest confession made you feel better; now stop stealing Al's show

[& LOSERS]

PAT BUCHANAN Reform Party kaput; polls lousy; picks a black Bircher woman as Veep. A landslide fer sure

FIRESTONE 6.5 million tires recalled. And you thought that you had a bad week

LORETTA SANCHEZ Pressured, Calif. Rep. nixes Playboy party. Subscriber-in-Chief avoids, um, weighing in