greek independence day, as we ve been telling you, two weeks early, the actual day is march 25th. among those who will be at a reception tonight in the east room, the democratic nominee for obama s senate seethe in illinois, alexi giannoulias. he has been plagued by bad news about his family bank, which he himself is likely to go belly-up if the next two months. republicans have made the bank such an issue nah giannoulias has launched a fact check website, the truth about alexi. democrats in and out and illinois tell me and acknowledge that giannoulias have about 2 1/2 months to prove that this latest bank baggage isn t too much to overcome. so far, he s hanging tough with republican mark kirk in the polls. by the way, my favorite greek holiday, ohe day, held in