Democratic Senators have put themselves between a rock and a hard place.

during this week’s congressional recess — left-leaning bloggers and grass-roots organizations such as MoveOn.org, Health Care for America Now and the Service Employees International Union have singled out Democratic Sens. Ben Nelson (Neb.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Ron Wyden (Ore.), Arlen Specter (Pa.) and Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) for the criticism more often reserved for opposition party members. [Washington Post]

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Like a lot of you I was curious about what South Carolina’s Governor, Mark Sanford’s Argentine mistress looks like. Here she is, Maria Belen Chapur. She is shown on 9/11 reporting on the collapse of the World Trade Center.

Maria Belen Chapur’s lone appearance on Argentinian television eight years ago is now making the rounds on the Internet, and grainy screen captures from the September 2001 video represent the only available images of the woman whose affair with S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford has made international news.

Paparazzi, TV cameras and dozens of reporters have been stalking Chapur’s residence in Buenos Aires for days, but Chapur – if she is inside – has not shown herself. [Fits News]

She is 43 years old, has two sons by a prior marriage. Described by a neighbor as a beautiful brunette who plays tennis, goes jogging, and has large eyes. This much is known: Chapur worked as a journalist and translator of English for about a year for the Argentine television station Canal America, according to Gabriel Bartos, who was then a producer with Canal America. Bartos said that Chapur went to New York after the 9-11 attacks in 2001 to report for the station. [Huffington Post]