Now *this* is what democracy is all about!

Apparently a 94 year old great-grandmother is running (in a VERY uphill race) against Republican Senator Judd Gregg in New Hampshire. True, she has a fraction of the funds, and is what political insiders would refer to as a "Barney", but she's my kind of Democrat. Despite emphysema, she walked across the united states 5 years ago as a protest for campaign finance reform. She also walked around the capitol building non-stop while McCain/Feingold (campaign finance reform legislation) was being debated in the Senate. Now she's going for a Senate seat. She's a long-shot to put it very mildly, but I would imagine even the most hard-core Republicans would smile at the idea of her being in the Senate.

Sometimes the dreams of our founding fathers live on.

BTW: Her campaign website is here, and there's even a link to "google Granny D". Yes, I know that most likely her web consultant put that there, but the idea that she would also have a degree of internet saavy makes her even cooler!