You won’t want to miss the audio recordings of Daniel Mongiardo attacking Governor Steve Beshear, maligning the U.S. Senate and cursing. [CLICK HERE]

Here’s Jack Brammer’s story about Mongiardo-Gate. Kim Geveden tries to spin it away. Governor Beshear’s people try to spin it away. It’s not going away. [Bluegrass Politics]

The national blogs are taking notice. Hello, viral audio/video! [SwingState Project & Daily Kos]

Here’s Joe’s take on it all. Complete with a fainting couch. [Barefoot & Progressive]

Kentucky television stations are also taking note. Will they make as big a deal out of it as they did Jack Conway’s SOB comment? Bets, anybody? [WKYT & WTVQ]

And now the national media is all over it. [The Hill]

Attorney General Jack Conway filed a lawsuit against Merck yesterday in Franklin Circuit Court. The OAG alleges that the pharmaceutical giant is violating Kentucky’s Consumer Protection Act with activity related to Vioxx. [Press Release]

Serious thanks go to Marc for the linkage.  The story of Todd Hollenbach never, you know, doing any work is kind of major.  Especially now that I know he is attempting to hide public records from the public in a CYA move. [Marcus Carey]

The family of Amanda Ross has filed a wrongful death suit against Steve Nunn. [AP via C-J]

Ben Chandler is on the GOP’s 2010 target list. [The Hill]