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Big Hillary backers get a day on the trail

By Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor September 6, 2007 02:50 PM

It's not quite winning a new car or getting free burgers for life for being the one millionth customer.

But Ron Wood seemed thrilled just the same to be the one millionth supporter to sign up on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign website.

His prize: He got to spend Labor Day in Des Moines with the former First Lady and with former President Bill Clinton.

"It's amazing because all of my friends say that you are the biggest Clinton supporter in the world," he told the camera operator recording the day.

The campaign released a web video today of the highlights: hugging the power couple as they got off the plane, devouring a hot dog at the fairgrounds, being introduced onstage, and putting the Clintons on the phone with his mother and sister.

"They're screaming like bobbysoxers," said Wood, a computer programmer from Georgia.

Another longtime supporter, Michelle Smith, a sixth-grade teacher from Michigan, tagged along. "I know I will be telling my grandchildren about this some day," she said in a campaign press release announcing the video.

And now, Clinton is offering lunch at her home in Washington as a new prize. The winner will be picked from people who contribute by midnight Friday.

"Let's do lunch," she says in her pitch. "Let's talk, you and me -- about whatever you'd like. Our hopes. Our goals. Our work. The weather. Maybe even politics."

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