MERRILLVILLE–I’m at a Dunkin Donuts, around the corner from where Hillary Clinton is due to speak.

“Did you see that, there’s a big crowd at the firehouse, it’s packed. I saw a limo,” said Glen Sjodin to two older men sitting in the corner sipping coffee, as he walked in.

One looked up from his crossword puzzle, and said, “They gotta find a helicopter pad, somewhere she won’t get hit by sniper fire, like in Bosnia.” He and his buddy chuckled.

“This is my one chance in a lifetime I get to go see her,” said Sjodin, a retired truck driver, while purchasing a coffee and fritter.