Posted: 11:33 AM Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo returns to his 2004 U.S. Senate campaign for his first television commercial. The ad says Mongiardo “stood up for Kentucky workers – taking on Bunning and Tea Party supporters.”

Updated: 1:32 PM State Attorney General Jack Conway launched his first television ad in the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate. The ad targets the two main contenders in the Republican Primary, Trey Grayson and Rand Paul. It does not mention Conway’s chief Democratic Opponent, Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo.

Updated: 6:20 PM President Obama is signaling he's prepared to push ahead with his health care overhaul. Meanwhile, Republicans accused Democrats of using "procedural tricks and backroom deals." You can watch both weekly addresses here.

Posted: 3:21 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is Black History month.

Updated: 3:16 PM This week I want to revisit a blog I wrote almost one year ago today. It was called “Finding My Lost Marbles”. I hope you’ll go back and read it again. Once again I used one of my favorite songs to illustrate a life’s lesson the Lord was teaching me.

Updated: 7:45 PM Coal is fueling a heated debate in the Republican race for Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seat. You can watch Trey Grayson and Rand Paul's commercials here.

Posted: 6:24 PM Republicans say they will attend President Obama’s televised health care summit Thursday, but they see no point in it. GOP leaders argue the President and Democrats are determined to ram their comprehensive bill through Congress.

Posted: 7:19 PM Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he plans to attend President Obama’s health care summit Thursday. But he doesn’t sound optimistic that Republicans will buy into the President’s ten year, one trillion-dollar plan

Updated: 6:24 PM President Obama’s ten year, one trillion dollar health care proposal is generating a lot of conversation on Capitol Hill. The President released his new plan just four days before a one-of-a-kind, televised health care summit with Republicans and Democrats. Here are some of the latest stories to get you up to date.

Posted: 5:25 PM President Obama hopes to break the health care stalemate this week when he brings Congressional leaders from both parties together for televised health care summit. But winning Republican support will not be easy.

Posted: 4:22 PM I want to continue along our theme from last week … “What Do You See?” Everyday we pass by people without ever giving them a second thought. We live in a hurting and dying world, but do we really care. Brandon Heath’s “Give Me Your Eyes” is one of my favorite songs.

Updated: 5:15 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is the state’s drop out rate. More than 6,000 students dropped out of school in 200

Posted: 4:15 PM On this President’s Day, I was wondering who your favorite President is … and why? I’ll post your thoughts here on the blog.

Posted: 11:21 AM South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says putting “hard-core terrorists’ on trial in civilian courts is “unnecessarily dangerous” and “creates more problems than it solves.”

Updated: 11:10 AM President Barack Obama says the “politics of the moment” can get in the way of balancing the budget. He says the “pay-as-you-go” legislation that he signed into law last week will force Congress to “pay for what it spends, just like everyone else.”

Posted: 10:39 AM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is the Kentucky Housing Corporation. Earlier this year Governor Beshear announced KHC would begin offering its lowest interest rates ever.

Posted: 8:41 PM I want to do something a little different here on the blog. I call it Sunday’s Extras. It doesn’t involve politics, Republicans or Democrats, health care reform or the national debt. Sunday’s Extras is about life and faith. Each week I will post a musical video that inspired, motivated or challenged me.

Posted: 7:41 PM I watched the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad last night with great anticipation. Today I’m asking myself, ‘Where’s the controversy?’

Posted: 11:43 AM (AP) President Barrack Obama and Republicans issued dueling media addresses Saturday over proposals to create jobs. You can watch both here.

Posted: 5:49 PM With so much talk about the Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad, I thought you might enjoy watching this behind the scenes discussion.

Posted: 3:07 PM Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell discussed the GOP’s vote against raising the nation’s debt limit during an appearance on FOX NEWS ‘America Live’ program yesterday. The Senator also talks about health care reform and the war on terror.

Updated: 2:46 PM Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is the Kentucky’s partnership with Microsoft to offer job training. The Governor says the partnership will provide free technology training to thousand of Kentuckians seeking new job skills and resources.

Updated: 2:46 PM Congressman Hal Rogers calls the President’s homeland security budget proposal “dangerous and indefensible”. He says the President has “all but guaranteed his homeland security budget dead on arrival.”

Posted: 5:24 PM The latest Rassmussen poll shows Rand Paul and fellow Republican hopeful Trey Grayson still out in front of their two chief Democratic rivals in the race for Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seat.

Updated: 5:28 PM Football is always the main event on Super Bowl Sunday, but the commercials have turned into a show of its own. This year one ad is generating a heated debate over abortion and free speech. The 30-second spot, produced by Focus on the Family, focuses on the birth of college football star Tim Tebow. His mother ignored a doctor’s recommendation to abort her fifth child, Tim Tebow.