In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Ugly American Still Plans to Run Against Pelosi
By Janet Evans
Sunday, Apr 27 2008, 04:05 PM
Cindy Sheehan gives the peace sign in front
of the White House in 2006.
Peace activist Anti-American Cindy Sheehan will be seeking 10,198 signatures of supporters in her bid for Pelosi’s seat in Congress.
Because she has decided to run as an Independent, she must gather those signatures to have her name appear on the ballot.
Fat chance for Hugo Chavez’s buddy to win, but she could draw a good number of votes away from Pelosi.
"Getting on the ballot will be the easy part for Sheehan. If she becomes a recognized candidate, she'll be challenging one of the best-known and most powerful Democrats in the country in Pelosi, a 10-term incumbent who routinely collects around 80 percent of the vote in the San Francisco-only district.
Election challenges are nothing new to Pelosi, who has faced token Republican opposition in most of her November races, along with occasional primary challenges. But since she beat former San Francisco Supervisor Harry Britt in the 1987 special election to replace the late Rep. Sala Burton, Pelosi's political resume has been short of opponents anyone other than local political junkies has ever heard of."
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"The odds don't bother Sheehan, who has raised more than $100,000 for her race, most of it from outside the district.
"Even people who I won't represent are willing to back me, because they know what I'll do in office," she said. "Many people in San Francisco know me, and they know my persistence.
"If I get to Washington, I'll only be in office a couple weeks before Bush leaves, but I guarantee he'll know I'm there."
Read the entire article from the San Francisco Chronicle
Anti-war Cindy Sheehan files to take on Pelosi í here
