There'll be a crush of cameras at the front door of the White House on January 20 as scores of media outlets scramble to record the moment that the new president walks in. But, wait--who're those people who'll be sliding in quietly behind him? They're the ones who'll spend the next four years whispering in the president's ear, sitting in strategy sessions, running presidential councils, filling agency slots, and pulling the levers of executive power.
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Granny d marches on!
We told you last month about Doris Haddock, the 89-year-old great-grandmother who is walking—walking!—across all 3,000 miles of America to rally public support for campaign finance reform.
It's a major story that the establishment media is ignoring (they've been notified), but the people are getting it via word of mouth, the Internet and, of course, the Hightower Chat & Chew radio talk show (on-line at www.jimhightower.com— noon to 2 pm EST).
Granny had a grand time in Phoenix when she and a crowd of supporters gathered outside the office of Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl—a notorious anti-reformer. For weeks ahead of time she had requested an audience with him, and he was in his office but wouldn't come out. A powerhouse Senator hiding under his desk! As she put it: "I think he's afraid of Granny."
Keep up with this remarkable lady's democratic crusade: www.grannyd.com.