Call it what you will, but hometown gal Nancy Pelosi's push to get the President's health care initiative through Congress before their August recess appears to be failing, and among those stalling it is another hometown gal, Senator Dianne Feinstein, who still doesn't know how we're going to pay for any of this shit. Her actual words relate more to creating new health care entitlements that the country's budget can't afford. To wit: "Entitlements are well over 50 percent of every dollar the federal government spends this year and are going straight up. If you add more entitlements, it's a problem." We would agree that a feasible plan for covering the costs of this plan should be laid out, but President Obama promises it won't add to the deficit. DiFi calls bullshit. Who to believe?

Barack, meanwhile, blames the media for not trying hard enough to sell the plan, all while sipping gazpacho shooters and munching on watermelon salad at a fundraising event in Chicago. For his part, he appears unfazed by the Senate's delay, just so long as they are taking the bill seriously. No word on the state of Nancy's voice after screaming through conference calls for the last several days.