More on young voters in 2008; lost votes in California?; Ben Smith shares the labor and the smarts; Real Clear Politics earns some kudos; Matt Stoller reinvents campaign finance reform; Patrick Leahy wants the Founding Fathers online; what went wrong for Mitt Romney; McCain aide shares some secrets; GOP "money-bomb" bombs; Josh reports from Italy; our favorite videos; and some reality checks to end the week.

Dan Gillmor calls for better presidential debates, Lincoln-Douglas style; the candidates are all courting Silicon Valley, but do they really get what makes the web tick?; Karl Rove predictably blames the netroots for Ned Lamont's Senate loss; a trick on digg leads to a Ron Paul surprise; Barack Obama rocks the Jefferson-Jackson dinner and gets a video up right away; and Obama's blog registers far more comments than the other candidates after his JJ speech. Are we seeing new momentum for Obama?