Governor Deval Patrick announced today that Paul G. Kirk Jr. will serve as interim US senator. He is a choice that comes with the strong backing of the immediate family of the late Edward M. Kennedy.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday appointed his former chief of staff George LeMieux to occupy the bench for the state of Florida in the U.S. Senate vacated by resigning Cuban-born Sen. Mel Martinez, said the governor. Earlier this morning the word was already traveling and sources close to Florida Governor Charlie Crist today assured the Americas Journal that he would appoint his former chief of staff George LeMieux.

It is so normal to have learn that Politicians behave in immoral and vile ways. So it will come as no surprise to learn that yet another senator has been found guilty of an affair ... naturally enough with one of his aids.

Today the editorial of the WGNTV calls on the senator Burris to resign and settle the controversy around his name with honor. The TV station is using a strong title "Burris must resign."

The Minnesota canvassing board has certified Al Franken as the winner of November's U.S. Senate election in the great state of Minnesota. Nonetheless, despite having virtually no chance of victory, Norm Coleman is vowing to file suit in an attempt to drag out the process of Senator-elect Franken's victory.

No one ever said Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich didn't have guts. Despite being arrested three weeks ago for conspiring to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat in exchange for wide-ranging personal benefits, Blagojevich might be about to appoint Roland Burris a replacement to the vacant seat.

Here comes the end of the Georgia Senate Runoff. The results are almost final as the polls and analysts point to Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia to win a Senate runoff bringing about the end of the race.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, isn't that what they say? In this case, the power many not be absolute, but it appears it was enough to - if the allegations are true - bring down Mass. State Senator Dianne Wilkerson.

Loathsome Republican Ted Stevens of Alaska has been indicted on charges of corruption stemming from a year long investigation into Alaskan politics.

Barbara Walters has admitted that she had an affair with married Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke. Walters is set to appear on The Oprah Winfrey to share details about the relationship with Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting and brilliant."

Three leading U.S. senators have told India's prime minister his government has only weeks to finalize a civilian nuclear deal with the United States or senators in Washington will not have time to ratify the agreement. It is the strongest and most specific warning India has received that time is running out for it to decide the fate of the controversial deal. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi.

The Bald Eagle Blog on the Des Moines Register, Monday, January 1, 2008, endorsed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for President.