We've taken Sen. Joe Lieberman's request to advise him "what songs inspire you and remind you of Joe and would get you excited for Joe at campaign events" one step further by including all presidential candidates in the theme-song search.

Lieberman got things started by naming "My Way" and "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" as two of his favorite campaign songs. Here's a sampling of additional theme songs submitted by Beltway Beat readers:

Joe Lieberman: "Slip Slidin' Away" (Dave Guild, Prior Lake, Minn.)

Carol Moseley Braun: "The Impossible Dream" (George Roper, McAllen, Texas)

George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney: "Old Friends/Bookends" (Steven E. Johnston, Spanaway, Wash.)

All the Democratic candidates: "Lonely People" (Keith M. Subick, Manassas, Va.)

Joe Lieberman: "You Don't Send Me Flowers Anymore" (Rick Bravo, Turnersville, N.J.)

Richard A. Gephardt: "On the Road Again" (Steve Strickland, Fresno, Calif.)

John Kerry: "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (Floyd J. Kezele, Gallup, N.M.)

Carol Moseley Braun: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" (Dan Godzich, Phoenix, Ariz.)

John Edwards: "Who Are You?" (Rich Schmick, Kansas City, Mo.)

John Kerry: "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?" (Barry Hill, Annapolis, Md.)

Al Sharpton: "All I Need Is a Miracle" (Robert Cooper, Breckenridge, Colo.)

Howard Dean: "I Started a Joke" (Maureen Humphrey, Triangle, Va.)

The Democratic Field: "Send in the Clowns" (Cara Lege, Frisco, Texas)

Bob Graham: "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Daniel Magan, Cleveland, Ohio)

Howard Dean: "It's Yesterday Once More" (Steve Barrett, Chattanooga, Tenn.)

George W. Bush: "Takin' Care of Business" (Robert Cooper, Breckenridge, Colo.)

George W. Bush: "I Walk the Line" (Amy C. Reeder, Arlington)

CITIZEN KAYNE

Despite an earlier uproar, National Rifle Association President Kayne Robinson has yet to set foot inside the Oval Office.

Heck, he hasn't even been invited to a White House tea.

"I understand White House tours have started up again," says Robinson, who earlier this year was elected to succeed Charlton Heston as the NRA's top gun.

A former Des Moines assistant police chief and chairman of the Iowa Republican Party, who helped organize the 1999 Iowa straw poll and 2000 presidential caucus, the first in the nation, had anti-gun activists grabbing for their slingshots when he vowed during the 2000 campaign that the NRA would work out of the White House with George W. Bush as president.

"Hyperbole," Robinson admits in an interview with this column, although he's quick to point out that for eight years President Clinton ran the anti-gun lobby out of the White House - "and a lot of his daily visitors - they were practically employees."

"My point was that if we had any hope of a fair shake it would be with a change of presidents," he says. "I think the point I made was right, and I stand by it."

With an estimated 90 million gun owners in the United States, and 4 million NRA members, Robinson doesn't have to look far for support.

"Wherever we go we find a friendly audience," he says, although adding that it's somewhat "formidable" to follow Heston - "a great American and icon" - on stage. The ailing actor served in the NRA's top post for an unprecedented five years.

DECIDING WOMEN

They're critical swing voters who haven't yet made up their minds.

So, top Bush administration officials, including Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, as well as House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and others in her party, are reaching out - as one - to a new voter bloc of women entrepreneurs.

Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), the largest "bipartisan" women's business organization, wrapped up a third annual leadership meeting in Washington Tuesday (Sept. 16) with a plan to enact a "We Decide" initiative for 2004 national and local elections.

"Women business leaders represent an emerging power base in American politics that positions women entrepreneurs as the critical swing vote in the 2004 elections," Terry Neese, president of WIPP, tells us. Continued...