Cindy Sheehan May Challenge Calif. Senator
By Ian James
The Associated Press
Sunday 29 January 2006
Caracas, Venezuela - Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who set up camp
near President Bush's Texas ranch last summer, said Saturday she is
considering running against Sen. Dianne Feinstein to protest what she
called the California lawmaker's support for the war in Iraq.
"She voted for the war. She continues to vote for the funding. She
won't call for an immediate withdrawal of the troops," Sheehan told The
Associated Press in an interview while attending the World Social Forum in
Venezuela along with thousands of other anti-war and anti-globalization
activists.
"I think our senator needs to be held accountable for her support of
George Bush and his war policies," said Sheehan, whose 24-year-old soldier
son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004.
Feinstein's campaign manager, Kam Kuwata, said the senator "doesn't
support George Bush and his war policies."
"She has stated publicly on numerous occasions that she felt she was
misled by the administration at the time of the vote," Kuwata said by phone
from California.
But with troops committed, Feinstein believes immediate withdrawal is
not a responsible option, Kuwata said.
"Senator Feinstein's position is, let's work toward quickly turning
over the defense of Iraq to Iraqis so that we can bring the troops home as
soon as possible," he said.
Sheehan accused Feinstein of being out of touch with Californians on
the issue.
She said she would decide whether to run after talking with her three
other adult children. The Democratic primary will be held in June, and
candidates must submit their statements for the voter guide by Feb. 14.
Kuwata said Feinstein and Sheehan appear to have a fundamental
disagreement over whether troops should be pulled out right now. "That's
why they have elections, and if she decides to file (paperwork to run), so
be it," he said.
Sheehan said running in the Democratic primary would help make a
broader point.
"If I decided to run, I would have no illusions of winning, but it
would bring attention to all the peace candidates in the country," she said.
Sheehan, 48, who lives in Berkeley, Calif., said she would head to
Washington on Sunday for protests against Bush's State of the Union address
on Tuesday, and then return to California to discuss her idea of running
against Feinstein with her son and two daughters.
"I can't see - if they think it's going to help peace - that they
would be opposed to me doing it," she said.
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