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In the past day, the Democrats have been hit with some highs and lows. Yesterday, the Atlantic published "The HIllary Clinton Memos," detailing how her campaign tried to win the nomination (highlight/lowlight: Mark Penn's breakdown of Obama's weaknesses). Then, today it was announced that former Virginia governor Mark Warner, would keynote the Democratic National Convention, which should mean good things for him. Also today: The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party Bill Gwatney was fatally shot in his office this morning; the assailant was reportedly later killed in a shootout.

Mark Penn, the strategist who worked with Bill Clinton win re-election in 1996 and helped Hillary Clinton with her Senate campaign, left his role as the Senator's chief strategist for the presidential election because the public relations firm he heads, Burston-Marsteller, had lobbied for a free trade agreement that Clinton opposes.