Elderly activist joins Iowa campaign reformers
The bright floral scarf and wide-brimmed straw hat she wears add a dash of color to her outfit, but, at 94, the flash is in her eyes.
Doris "Granny D" Haddock, who gained attention four years ago when she walked 3,200 miles across the country in support of the federal McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, sat at a coffee shop in downtown Ames Monday telling stories and talking politics.
"I look up to Sen. (John) McCain. I loved Paul Wellstone. I loved (Dennis) Kucinich," she said. "They say, 'He's not electable,' but someday maybe he will be."
Haddock stopped in Ames on a new campaign: mobilizing working women to vote. She's registering voters in swing states in the Midwest before she heads west to complete her tour later in the year.
Along the way, she has "swapped jobs" with...(Full Story)
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