Post-Defeat, Susan Boyle Checks Into Hospital

Tension We Can Take to the Bank?

Can this relationship be saved? We wondered about the expletive-fueled shouting match between WTOP political analyst Mark Plotkin and former DNC chair Terry McAuliffe at the Capital Grille back in March. McAuliffe assured us at the time they were just joking around -- but maybe the damage was already done.

In a recent broadcast, Plotkin called the Virginia gubernatorial hopeful "all hat and no cattle"; he followed with another commentary urging voters to support anyone but McAuliffe. There's an ambiguous back story, reports our colleague Michael Laris, involving some long-ago business between the two during McAuliffe's banker days.

"You're just mad I turned you down for your bank loan 20 years ago," he sniped at Plotkin in a live WTOP broadcast in February. "He's still mad at me. And it was the right thing to do."

Huh? Plotkin wouldn't explain the loan matter but told Laris there's no bad blood. "It's one thing to have a strong opinion of someone, and another to have bad blood." He said he's "an equal opportunity offender" when grilling candidates. McAuliffe's rep declined to shed light on the men's history.

Hey, Isn't That . . . ?

Mark Warner, catching the Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller show at Wolf Trap on Sunday night. The senator, with wife Lisa and other pals, sat on the lawn cheap seats. Red Ralph Lauren polo shirt.

Love, Etc.

-- Born: A son to tobacco heiress Nancy Bagley and former Clinton administration lawyer Soroush Shehabi -- the husband-and-wife publishing duo behind Washington Life magazine. His name? Camron Reynolds Bagley Shehabi to reflect both his Scottish and Persian roots. The 23-inch, nearly 10-pound boy arrived at Sibley Memorial Hospital on Saturday morning with a "near perfect" Apgar score, the first-time parents boast.

-- Expecting: Jennifer Hudson and fiance David Otunga, reports the Chicago Tribune, which confirmed the pregnancy rumors through guests at her recent baby shower. Unknown when the Oscar-winning singer, 27, is due or when she'll marry the lawyer-turned-aspiring pro wrestler.

Quoted

"They had this musty, yeasty flavor that was not good at all. But I thought I'll start chewing it and see what happens."

-- Patti Blagojevich on her brave effort to win the tarantula-eating contest on last night's "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" premiere. The foul-mouthed wife of disgraced ex-Illinois guv Rod acquitted herself with surprising dignity on the D-list reality show, nearly drowning in a Costa Rican river crossing but sitting out the big smackdown between Spencer and Heidi of "The Hills" and VH1 comedy duo Frangela over a bottle of dry shampoo.