Last night, at the opening dinner of the Yearly Kos Convention in Chicago, Senator Dick Durbin gave a taped welcome to the 1,500 people in attendance. What did he spend his time discussing? His Fair Elections Now Act!

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) opposes the S-CHIP health care program for children, despite the fact that more than 100,000 Kentucky children are enrolled in it. Why? Follow the money.

Zheng Xiaoyu, the prominent Chinese official executed for bribery this week, offered a written apology from prison back in March in an effort to receive a more lenient punishment. It was entitled "How I Look on My Mistakes." I've included an excerpt in the extended entry that is eerily familiar.

Along with today's announcement of a billboard going up in Louisville to ask, "What's McConnell Hiding?" I dug up an ol' goody from the dustbin. Read on...

On Friday, the Louisville Courier-Journal wrote an editorial about Senator "Big Money" Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) fundraiser with President Bush. It was called "Cash over conscience." Today, McConnell replied. Read more...

CNN is reporting that Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) might be new Republican National Committee chair. Can't they pick someone without a connection to Jack Abramoff or a brewing campaign finance scandal? More below.