Posted: 5:42 PM President Obama picked an unlikely topic for his weekly radio and Internet address. With a cliffhanger vote expected Sunday on the Democrat’s health care overhaul, the President turned his focus to financial reform.

Posted: 4:10 PM President Barack Obama is bringing Democratic lawmakers to the White House on Saturday - the eve of a crucial vote on his health care overhaul. The President wants to make a last push for his top domestic priority after more than one year of debate.

Updated: 12:43 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is economic development.

Updated: 6:18 PM Republicans are vowing to do all they can to stop the Democrats health care reform bill from passing. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following speech on the Senate floor today.

Posted: 4:21 PM I've posted the health care reform bill here on the blog. You now have a chance to read it for yourself. Should Congress pass the legislation? Let me know your thoughts.

Posted: 1:37 PM Here are my NCAA picks. I’m no expert but thought you might like comparing brackets.

Updated: 10:07 PM Here are some of the latest developments in the health care reform debate.

Posted: 6:48 PM Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is featured in a New York Times article. McConnell’s office sent the article out in a release today. I’ve included reaction from Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine following the article.

Updated: 8:16 AM The effort by House Democrats to get enough votes to pass the health care overhaul bill may be gaining some traction. Meanwhile Republicans are crying foul over an obscure parliamentary procedure that the Democrats are thinking about using. It would allow Democrats to pass the health care reform bill without directly voting on the current plan.

Posted: 5:59 PM Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says “there’s not a chance” the U.S. will lose its AAA bond rating. Geithner was responding to a question from Fifth District Congressman Hal Rogers regarding the country’s record $1.6 trillion in deficit spending.

Posted: 10:48 AM Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Republican Leader John Boehner wrote this op-ed piece on health care reform. The article appears in today’s Wall Street Journal.

Posted: 6:57 PM It’s a mad dash to the finish in the health care debate. President Obama hit the road again today in what’s being called a “make or break” week for the Democrats health care overhaul. Listen to floor speeches from Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth here.

Updated: 3:05 PM March Madness is spilling over into Kentucky’s U.S. Senate Race. Grayson’s campaign posted an ad on his website this weekend that shows Rand Paul saying he is a Duke Blue Devil.

Posted: 1:42 PM The Senate’s newest Republican is weighing in on health care reform, saying the Democrats’ legislation will be a disaster. Scott Brown says after one year, "the President still hasn't gotten the message" from the American people.

Updated: 11:48 AM President Barack Obama is promising to overhaul the No Child Left Behind education law. The President says his plan will prepare students for life after high school and place better teachers at the blackboards.

Updated: 10:02 PM How many times have we been guilty of those judgmental glances? How many times have we waited for someone to act, when maybe God was telling us that somebody is me?

Updated: 8:12 PM Earlier this week Bill Johnson dropped out of the race for the U.S. Senate. Since then I’ve had several people ask me why. I will tell you this; we haven’t heard the last of Bill Johnson. Don’t be surprised if you see Bill Johnson’s name on the ballot again in a state or local race.

Posted: 12:30 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is the “Race to the Top”.

Posted: 1:28 PM A new statewide poll shows Democrat Dan Mongiardo and Republican Rand Paul have strong leads in their Senate primary campaigns. With just a little more than two months to go before voters cast their ballots, both contests appear to be lopsided.

Updated: 10:13 AM A friend on Twitter suggested I post this article from Real Clear Politics. It combines all the recent polling data for an overall average of President Barack Obama's job approval ratings.

Posted: 9:51 AM President Barack Obama is turning up the political heat on behalf of his health care reform package. But Republicans refuse to be swayed saying the plan must be stopped.

Posted: 7:51 AM I’m playing catch-up today. Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is the Governor’s annual “Prayer Breakfast”.

Posted: 3:09 PM Sometimes we get so caught up in chasing the things we think we need, that we overlook the dreams we’ve waited our entire life to find. Many times we can’t see those dreams because we don’t take the time to open our eyes.

Posted: 2:11 PM A new Rasmussen poll shows most Americans want Congress to go back to the drawing board and start over when it comes to health care reform. The poll also suggest the President has made some progress with the public following last week’s televised health care summit.

Posted: 2:09 PM A new Rasmussen poll shows Republicans Trey Grayson and Rand Paul extending their lead to double digits over the top Democratic challengers.