Thirty-six years ago, Hillary Rodham Clinton knocked on doors through southern Texas registering voters for the Democratic Party. It was her first job in politics. Now she's after the top job in politics and the door knocking Wednesday was distinctly different. Clinton went looking for support on the 1900 block of West Mistletoe Street. The working class neighborhood had little notice. Suddenly Secret Service agents and her media entourage descended on tight lawns and flower beds.

Women greeted her with trembling hands. She praised an Iraq war veteran. She petted prize-winning beagles. And she posed for pictures, and more pictures.

"For us, her husband was a great president. That's why we're going to support her. She's for the working poor," said Maria Huerta, speaking in her native Spanish.

Added her husband, Frank Huerta: "You know women - when they say something is going to happen, it's going to happen."

The Huertas were the first on the block to greet Clinton, before word spread and neighbors and reporters pressed in around her.

She took a picture with Julian Manchaca, a 41-year-old Army sergeant who said he was preparing for his fifth deployment to Iraq before a back injury set him back. She thanked him for his service.

Manchaca and Clinton aren't necessarily on the same page on Iraq. Clinton wants to begin pulling troops out of Iraq 60 days into her administration. Manchaca disagrees. "We've got to do what we've got to do. I think we have to go and finish it."

But he plans to vote for her, nonetheless. "She's best qualified to do the job," he said. "She's a very strong woman."

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Compiled By Jim Kuhnhenn