toxic cloud of rocket fuel. the good news, no one was hurt. joining us now, in washington, d.c., ladies and gentlemen you ve al been waiting for him, patrick gavin, back with politico playbook and no references, patrick, to the cats in your house. well, that would be a first. i appreciate it very much. you re welcome. what s going on? in kentucky, mitch mcconnell has an opponent and that race is fairly close, i m told. yeah. obviously a lot of people are looking at ashley judd. i know you re a big fan of divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood. you re going to be disappointed. but the democratic party is actually very excited. they ve got one of their top regrouts in the kentucky secretary of state. she announced her bid yesterday. when you look at the 2008 race, it was close by the way these elections are 52-48. what democratic party is hoping she s going to do is two things. obviously build a moderate voters and women in that state.