Monday, February 12, 2007

For Clinton, celebrity status is a given

Justin Timberlake blared in the background as Sen. Hillary Clinton strode into the kitchen of Pappy's Pizza in Manchester yesterday, ready for a bit of early-morning retail politics.

For nearly an hour, Clinton signed pizza boxes, menus and bits of stationery. She gamely spoke into cell phones thrust upon her by customers. (Their relatives were on the other end.) She inquired about the ins and outs of pizza making. And she talked to diners about their grandkids and the war in Iraq, patiently listening to each before moving on to the next table.

"I'm so proud of you as a woman," Niki Miller of Manchester told Clinton at the end of a lengthy discussion about the nation's mental health services.

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