...Not surprisingly, one of the politicians attracting the most draft interest is also the one who is best-known, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).

Peter Feddo, a young Democratic activist in Virginia, runs VoteHillary.org, a Web site he put up to tout a 2008 Clinton run. "She is the only one who can lead the Democratic Party in the right direction," he said.

He has registered the group as a political committee, raised a few thousand dollars and collected thousands of names.

Now, he said, "We want to go from the net roots to the grass roots."

On a Tuesday evening earlier this month, about 30 Clinton supporters gathered at an Alexandria pizza shop to discuss how to publicize a Clinton candidacy. The event was organized through the popular activist tool, Meetup.com.

Kathy Quellen of Alexandria, who sells medical products, helped bring supporters to the meetup. She said she was devastated by the election of 2004 and has now found her political voice through the advocacy of Clinton.

"When George Bush won the election in '04, I was so motivated to do something," she said.

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