Today Sen. McConnell traveled to Hopkinsville and Henderson County. In Hopkinsville he met with a group of local farmers and visited an ethanol plant, and in Henderson County he made a check presentation to the county sheriff. Sen. McConnell also met with local reporters, and stopped in to visit a group of preschool students.

The Politico covers the release of new polling numbers by the McConnell campaign in this article that appeared yesterday.  Read the entire article here.

Despite Democratic pledges to run a serious opponent against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican holds wide leads over all potential Democratic challengers and sports an approval rating of higher than 60 percent, according to a new poll released by his campaign.

According to the poll, conducted by Voter/Consumer Research Jan. 6-8, McConnell would best possible Democratic candidates by at least 15 points, including 2007 gubernatorial primary also-ran Bruce Lunsford; Charlie Owen, the 2003 Democratic lieutenant governor nominee; wealthy businessman Greg Fischer; and Iraq veteran and 2006 House candidate Andrew Horne.

You can read more about the poll and its findings here.

Yesterday Sen. McConnell made a flag presentation to the students at North Laurel Middle School, and then attended a lunch with members of the local Chamber of Commerce. In the afternoon, Sen. McConnell made stops at the Appalachian Children's Home, a community reception at City Hall in Barbourville, and an event with campaign supporters in Corbin.

On Wednesday Sen. McConnell traveled to Ohio County, where he met with members of the Chamber of Commerce and participated in a check presentation to the County Sheriff's Department.  From Ohio County, Sen. McConnell traveled to Butler County where he visited the Butler County Technology and Training Center. Sen. McConnell ended the day at an event with supporters in Leitchfield.