IR's weekend round up

Over this past weekend, there was lots of activity on Illinois Review that you might have missed. A few about the Republican back-and-forth on who's going to join the 2010 race to be the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate -- Mark Kirk or Andy McKenna:

• Kirk co-sponsors Dem's cyberbullying bill

• Hewitt and NRSC ivory tower elitists should butt out of IL Senate race

• Where Kirk was last night and what he said

Chicago YRs sweep national convention top awards and IL YR Chairman elected to national office:

• Chicago YRs sweep top awards at Indy 2009
• IL YR Chairman wins national post
• IL YRs meetup at national convention

And more on Illinois' bouncing checks, the Obamas, Sarah Palin and Illinois impending gambling expansion debacle.