I mentioned Mark Kirk’s $2.2 million haul in the last quarter, the second-best quarterly number I’ve seen, next to Marco Rubio.

But hey, it’s not like Kirk’s Democratic rival, Alexi Giannoulias, has to worry about money. I mean, his family owns a bank.

The family of Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias stands to collect more than $10 million in federal tax refunds even if its Broadway Bank fails, which Mr. Giannoulias said this week is likely.

Seriously? Expected to fail? I had no idea Giannoulias was Greek for “Enron.” How did they botch this?

The family bank of Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias loaned about $20 million to two convicted Chicago crime figures, The Chicago Tribune says.

$20 million to mobsters? Well, that’s bad, but this is Illinois. I’m sure other Democrats have his back.

Asked if the problems at the Giannoulias family-owned Broadway Bank would affect the candidate’s voter support in the Senate race, [Powerful Democratic House Speaker Michael] Madigan replied, “I’m glad I don’t have any deposits there.”

I’m sorry, did one of the state’s most powerful Democrats just say he wouldn’t trust his party’s Senate candidate when it comes to money?

Blago, the lieutenant gubernatorial candidate who was accused of knocking around his girlfriend, and now Capone’s accountant. Boy, Illinois Democrats really know how to pick ‘em, don’t they?