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 absorbed moonbat dollars provided her with a platform for her anti-war message.
I can just see the thread on DU now: "How much did Rove pay to keep Cindy out of the race?" |