In Hillary Clinton's hometown, no sure victory

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PARK RIDGE, Illinois (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton is about to face voters for the first time in the town where she grew up, but the winter air in this Chicago suburb is hardly crackling with excitement.

"She's been gone a long time," remarked one businessman a week before Tuesday's Illinois presidential primary.

Gone more than 40 years, unlike top rival Barack Obama, Hawaii-born but sent to the Senate by Illinois voters less than four years ago.

In fact, state Democratic lawmakers moved up Illinois' primary -- one of more than two dozen "Super Tuesday" contests across the country -- to try to give Obama an early boost.

That doesn't faze Nancy Frugoli at June Moon antiques on Vine Avenue, who quickly whips out a red, white and blue Hillary baseball cap.


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