* Congressman Mark Kirk’s US Senate campaign has been plagued by strange internal leaks for months. And now we have one that includes a plan for a “Bejing fundraiser,” which was held the day before a House vote to close tax loopholes for companies that send jobs out of the country.

The latest leak is the internal agenda of a mid-May Kirk campaign finance meeting. Click here to read it. [Fixed link.]

The memo is chock full of interesting stuff, including his overall fundraising goals, regional goals, out-of-state goals, individual fundraiser event goals, targeted contributors, info about how much Kirk’s entire finance committee had raised to date, PAC goals, etc.

It even has a list of how the campaign’s Internet and e-mail fundraising was doing. According to the memo, the campaign had raised $423,687 by May via all its Internet/e-mail activities. Kirk’s website was bringing in the most, with $294,744. An ad on Drudge, on the other hand, brought in just $50.

* But then there was a curious item. If you can’t read the calendar, click the pic for a larger image…

Pay close attention to the May 27th event: Bejing FR. “FR” is a standard campaign abbreviation for “fundraiser.”

* The Kirk campaign says that the candidate held a “Skype” fundraising meeting with American businesspeople in Bejing, China. I’m told that 12 people participated in the event.

FEC records show that Geoffrey Enck contributed $1,000 to Kirk that day. Enck is the CEO of ITI China Holdings. One of the things the company does is investment banking for Chinese manufacturing plants.

* And then the next day, Kirk voted “No” on a bill to close a tax loopholes that would prevent companies from “using current U.S. foreign tax credit rules to subsidize their foreign activities .”

Now, it’s not like the contributions from Americans doing business in China likely swayed Kirk much. Just about every Republican voted against that bill. And the Kirk campaign points to a story from 2008 about the Obama campaign sending people to China for fundraisers.

But Kirk co-chairs the China Congressional Working Group, and he’s taken heat several times for his ties to the nation. He infamously told Chinese officials that US budget numbers shouldn’t be believed, for instance. Kirk opposed legislation on Chinese currency manipulation.

“When you hear Congressman Kirk talk about job creation, he’s talking about jobs he created in China,” has been a standard line from Alexi Giannoulias this year. And while the campaign fundraiser looks legal, there are plenty of American businesses over there who are, indeed, exporting jobs to that country.

* The internal Kirk campaign leaks have been embarrassing. There was the leaked memo about how Kirk would like to have Sarah Palin’s support. There was the “source with connections to the Kirk campaign” leaking the Navy’s memo about his “partisan political activities during his last two tours of active duty.” Last week, Politico reported on another internal e-mail about how Kirk was worried he’d be “the next moderate victim.” And then there was the Republican-only conference call during which Kirk bragged about his “voter integrity” program that would focus on African-American areas that ArchPundit got ahold of.

You really have to wonder what’s going on over there.

* Roundup…

* Kirk’s Senate campaign troubled by embellishment: Kirk exaggerated his role in the [”Bridge to Nowhere’s”] demise, illustrating a proclivity for embellishment that appears to go beyond run-of-the-mill political puffery. The U.S. Senate contest with Democrat Alexi Giannoulias is the first statewide campaign for the five-term congressman, and the increased exposure and scrutiny have introduced Illinois voters to two Mark Kirks.

* Crossroads puts in $4M more: Crossroads GPS will spend about $1.18 million across Illinois and in the St. Louis market on behalf of GOP Rep. Mark Kirk, who trails Democrat Alexi Giannoulias in recent polls by slim margins.

* GOP Trouble On The Last Frontier: In Illinois, the NRSC dished out $825,000 on ads on Tuesday, the same day that Rep. Mark Kirk (R) and Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D) faced off in a debate.

* “Half True” Mark Kirk campaign ads say Alexi Giannoulias lost $73 million in our kids’ college savings

* Dems ask black voters to help ‘our president’

* Giannoulias To Kirk: ‘You’re Trying To Suppress The African-American Vote’

* Kerry stumps for Senate hopeful Giannoulias

* Stumping in Illinois, Kerry denounces GOP tactics

* John Kerry stumps for Illinois Senate hopeful

* U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin lends support to fellow Dems

* Kirk says ‘We have to be the party of better’

* Alexi Giannoulias to Mark Kirk: ‘Were you shot at?’

* Senate debate focuses on character

* Gloves Come Off In Senate Candidate Debate

* Kirk, Giannoulias cast differences in relief

* Kirk, Giannoulias hit on social, economic points

* Kirk, Giannoulias dodge tough questions in debate

* Mark Kirk, Alexi Giannoulias Offer Ideas, Sling Mud in Second Debate

* Political Wisdom: Nasty Illinois Senate Race Equals Nasty Debate

* Kirk, Giannoulias Run As Fiscal Conservatives In Debate

* Illinois Senate seat foes get rugged in broadcast debate

* Kirk, Giannoulias Spar in Illinois Senate Debate, but No Knockout Blows

* Candidates Square Off for Obama’s Old Seat

* U.S Senate Candidates Get Personal in Debate

* Heated Debate in Illinois Between Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk

* Rivals for Obama’s Senate Seat Keep Up Attacks