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"Mother Sheehan" won't run for senate
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cindy Sheehan, the anti-Iraq war activist whose son was killed in the conflict there, put an end to speculation on Thursday that she would launch a long-shot bid to become a U.S. senator from California.Sheehan, speaking in front of San Francisco City Hall, said she would not run for the office. Now what do I do with all that popcorn? "If I thought that running for Senate would bring our young people home more quickly I would do it in a minute, but I am not convinced that that would do so," Sheehan said. A campaign would have pitted her against California's senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat who is one of the state's most popular politicians. Although experts and polls suggest Feinstein, in office since 1992, will win reelection easily, a campaign by Sheehan would have I can just see the thread on DU now: "How much did Rove pay to keep Cindy out of the race?" Posted by: Mike 2006-02-09 |
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