Cakes in the kitchen and naps in the basement: "Since [Granny D] Haddock walked 3,200 miles across the country at the age of 89 for campaign finance reform, she's mustered the support of many like-minded people. She met Dennis Burke, her campaign manager, on the edge of the Mojave Desert. He offered her a camper to sleep in ('so I didn't have to sleep on the ground with all the scorpions and the snakes . . . I said 'okay'') and eventually helped pen her book, Granny D: You're Never Too Old To Raise A Little Hell. Now Burke lays out strategies for radio ads and rallies and naps on the couch in the basement...
Haddock rummaged through the refrigerator and settled on a leftover piece of veggie pizza and some flat Coca-Cola.
'A lot of people don't approve,' she said, patting a small black microwave before setting the timer to 45 seconds. 'But I think it's God's gift to women.'"
