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Welcome to a new daily segment on DemConWatch. My name is Gabe Stein, and I spend most of my free time reading articles about the election - a lot of articles. I recently started calculating the number, and it's scary: I generally go through 50 to 100 articles per day. Yeah, I'm a total junkie, but in order to put the obsession to good use, I decided to volunteer to contribute to DemConWatch for the next seven weeks.

What you'll see from me is a daily dose of the top campaign stories from each news cycle, culled from hundreds of sources. While I can't promise to never miss a story, I'll try not to miss many, and more importantly, I'll intelligently synthesize the information by working to identify emerging common narratives in the otherwise unconnected mass of material. There's a theory that if you flood your mind with enough information, you're able to step back from the fray and find bigger trends you would have otherwise missed. Let's see if that works.

Of course, I invite you to provide your own analysis and point out anything I may have missed. So without further adieu:

Trends and Tremors

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"But it sounds like he got a little carried away, because yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he’s President, he’ll take on the – quote – “ol’ boys network” in Washington. I am not making this up. This is someone who’s been in Congress for twenty-six years – who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign – and now he tells us that he’s the one who will take on the ol’ boy network. The ol’ boy network? In the McCain campaign, that’s called a staff meeting."

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The question each American voter must ask: Could she step in and lead the nation in the event the 72-year-old McCain were incapacitated? More HERE

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has faced questions since she was named to the Republican ticket. Tonight is her chance to answer them and to help frame the campaign. (Post, Melina Mara) More HERE

AAPP: McCain's campaign staff say, "faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee" for vice president."

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Laurinda Calongne, who challenged the good ol' boy network within the Louisiana GOP this spring, and made the primary run-off, only to fall short against Louis "Woody" Jenkins, has announced that she will NOT be a candidate for Congress this fall.

Rather, she will start a group called the Conservative Leadership Council, which aims to recruit young conservatives to run for office, with a particular emphasis on conservative women. In short, she wants to be, perhaps, an Emily's List for the right?

This is very good news for State Senator Bill Cassidy, who can now spend his money and train his fire against Woody Jenkins for the next three months all by his lonesome. Will Woody survive the carnage headed his way? Only time will tell.

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