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The Bee profiles Demo big gun Gale Kaufman. Her life story has many of the hallmarks of political big-wiggery: lifelong activism, a string of tough losses and a few hard-won victories, and, of course, since she's a woman, much discussion of her "tough," non-word-mincing ways (though, to be fair, tough male consultants are called tough too).

It's always good to know the players.