Check out the 12 second mark of this clip from MSNBC show Morning Joe, broadcasting from Manchester, N.H., and look over the left shoulder of the publisher who's being interviewed.

You'll see a guy you might recognize.

It's Mike Schell, the Democrat from Chaumont and founder of the Democratic Rural Conference.

Brad Mintener, a Democrat from Canton, is also there. The two happened to run into each other. A story will come tomorrow.

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