Notebook

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daniel Levy, Ellin Martens, Julie Rawe, Chris Taylor, Owen Thomas and Josh Tyrangiel

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

DAVID LETTERMAN Recovery on track, ratings for reruns topping Leno. With decent lead-ins, he'd rule

KATHARINE DREXEL Philly socialite poised to become saint. Can we nominate Grace Kelly too?

BILL CLINTON SOTU was long, but he's still standing. Now must prepare for Oval withdrawal in '01

[& LOSERS]

GARY BAUER Church Lady's mosh-pit attack on Keyes backfires; campaign sags; time to go back to direct mail

EHUD BARAK Finance scandal looms over Israeli P.M. Even Carville may not be able to save him from this one

EASTERNERS Surprise blizzard pounds coast. Shoveling is one activity that can't be done online