Granny D goes to Washington  A grandmother pursues a quixotic
crusade to reform campaign-finance  By , Staff writer of The
Christian Science Monitor  It's 5 a.m. on a pitch-dark stretch
of rolling Texas highway. But Doris Haddock is already walking
at a brisk pace on Interstate 20, as if she had gotten off to a
late start.  For six months and some 1,700 miles Mrs. Haddock -
better known as "Granny D" - has walked across the Southwest in
her determination to root out what she sees as the corrupting
effect of "big money" in America's election campaigns. At her
ankles is a mutt with a Benji face who started following her 40
miles back. In her hand is a bright yellow flag emblazoned with
her nickname. And in her conversation, one can feel a palpable,
all-consuming, passionate love of American democracy.  "Why am I
doing this? Because our democracy is in peril, and the
corporations have taken over the government," says the Dublin,
N.H., grandmother, interrupted at times by the roar of a truck.
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