• TERRIBLE SHOOTINGS AND DEATH EVERYWHERE: Arkansas Democratic Party chair Bill Gwatney was shot yesterday by some crazo who burst into his office in Little Rock. Four hours later Gwatney died. The gunman, Timothy Dale Johnson, was killed by the police. [Los Angeles Times]

• Reliable Source: Al Sharpton stoops to doing commercials for local car title lenders. . . Fox News cat-fights with the Washingtonian over a photo shoot. [WP]
• Inside the Beltway: The Clinton Museum Store in Little Rock has reported sales of $1.2 million over four months. [WT]
• Rush & Molloy: Alex Kerry is writing a memoir of the campaign. [NYDN]