Maybe Steve Beshear and crew should have looked at what Passport does to properly manage its Medicaid patients before it pushed this latest mess through? Beshear loved to talk Passport up while pushing his Medicaid proposals and now he’s just ignoring a tremendous resource, it seems. [H-L]

Did Richard Beliles finally wake up from his nap? ALEC is the least of the issues he should be complaining to Jack Conway about these days. Not that ALEC is puppies and rainbows or anything. [C-J/AKN]

Danville police arrested a man after he crashed his van into two buildings and then hitched a ride away from the scene Tuesday night. [WLEX18]

The poor economy is tied to a rise in domestic violence incidents, according to the latest survey. [HuffPo]

Mitch McConnell won’t be in Warshington to have funtimes with President Barack Obama and the University of Kentucky Wildcats on Friday. He’ll be in Kentucky playing horsey stuff– i.e., wining and dining people who will make him even richer. [The Hill]

Even the Frankfort paper is alarmed at the severity of Richie Farmer’s shenanigans. Still sad watching him fall apart. [State-Journal]

Mining minerals from astroids sounds crazy. Could it work? Is this what Newtpooper should have been talking about instead of his moon stuff? [The Economist]

Space commander Newt Gingrich has issued a special sad secret video communique from space with terrifying news from the future: “I want to take this opportunity to give you an insider advance notice that…” — WHAT IS IT, WE HATE SUSPENSE — “…on Wednesday, I’ll be officially suspending the campaign.” [Wonkette]

A man in Frankfort was arrested for being on Washington’s most-wanted list. Unfortunately, he was not a legislator. [H-L]

Lawwwwd, you can’t even go to Walmart in Georgetown these days without getting robbed in the parking lot. Tell your meemaw to watch herself! [WKYT]

Aww, Mittens Romney was ashamed that one of his aides/advisors was super-gay. Everybody feel sorry for him, because the gay. [WaPo]

This is how embargoes should be used, state government folks. Only when there’s a serious threat to security. [HuffPo]