In a bizarre game of compare-and-contrast, Maureen Dowd compares George W to Vogue Editor Anna Wintour. We think she'd be better matched with Kim Jong Il, and he with Toby Young, but then it wouldn't be completely arbitrary and pointless, and we can't have that, now can we?
Two tough cookies [NYT]

· Page Six's list of NY's "Most Eligible Bachelorettes" includes Chloe Sevigny, Monica Lewinsky, and Martha Stewart. [Page Six]
· Gov. Pataki was out dancing and bar-hopping 'til 3AM the night before his inauguration. [Cindy Adams]
· President Bush's nickname for Karl Rove is "Turd Blossom;" Ivana Trump spotted in Aspen with new boyfriend Rossano Rubicondi, who she says she's either going to "kill on the slopes" or "kill in bed;" Kate Moss is in Thailand trying to lose weight; and Madonna's Kabbala instructor says the thousands of game birds husband Guy Ritchie has killed while hunting will come back to haunt her. [NY Daily News]

· Lizzie Grubman's ex-boyfriend, Andrew Sasson, wants forgiveness after sending her to jail. [Page Six]
· Brittany Murphy's ex-publicist says "she's such a tramp and impossible to deal with." [Page Six]
· Blind item: closeted Senators and Hall of Fame baseball players. [Page Six]
· Manhattan restauranteur, Nello Balan, is opening up Nello's Uptown on 96th and Madison. [Page Six]
· Britney's bad boy dad is having an affair with a coke-head club hostess. [Page Six]
· Designer Nicole Miller says SoHo is out. [Cindy Adams]
· Dubya and Condi in '04? [Liz Smith]
· City council meetings are marked by cheesy double entendre, James Gandolfini gets a divorce, and Rush Limbaugh apologizes to Hillary Clinton. [NY Daily News]