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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. "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...

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is set to hold an 11 a.m. press conference Thursday in San Francisco regarding her potential run for the Senate. Sheehan has considered running against current California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who is up for re-election in November. Sheehan gained national attention for holding a vigil outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch in 2005 for her son, Casey. Casey Sheehan was a soldier killed in Iraq in April 2004.

California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer today urged anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan not to challenge the state's senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, in the June Democratic primary. Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, has been actively considering a campaign after criticizing Feinstein for refusing to call for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. But Boxer, a liberal former Marin County supervisor who strongly opposed the war in Iraq, said Sheehan might actually hurt her anti-war cause by jumping into the race against her fellow Democrat who is entering her 14th year in the Senate. "I don't think having her...

(CNSNews.com) - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has threatened to run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) seat unless Feinstein filibusters Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.

Sheehan released a statement in which she warned Sen. Feinstein that if she did not filibuster Alito, Sheehan would run against Feinstein in the upcoming senate election.Many Washington observers wondered what had caused Feinstein to change her mind on the filibuster, but now the conventional wisdom is that Feinstein does not wish to lose her base -- the ultra-left in California. While Sheehan wouldn't be expected to win the election, she would siphon off the ultra-liberal vote allowing a Republican challenger a shot at capturing the senate seat.

Anti-American "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan may run against California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sheehan's spokeswoman said Friday - even though Feinstein has met Sheehan's demand to back a filibuster against Supreme Court nominee Sam Alito. "There are still a lot of other issues" where Sheehan and Feinstein disagree, her assistant Dede Miller told the Associated Press, citing Feinstein's support for the Iraq war. In a statement released Friday from Caracas, Venezuela, where she's attending an anti-American conference host by President Hugo Chavez, Ms. Sheehan warned that if the California Democrat didn't back an Alito filibuster, she had "decided to run" for...

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 (news, bio, voting record) 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...

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 (news, bio, voting record) to protest what she called the California lawmaker's support for the war in Iraq. ADVERTISEMENT "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...

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She's running folks! Yes, you can bet on it. Diane Feinstein should have NEVER laughed at the possibility of Cindy Sheehan's candidacy on Hardball. Now Cindy is MAD. And I am POSITIVE she is going to run against DiFi for the senate seat as you can see in this DUmmie THREAD titled, "Sheehan just called Feinstein a War Monger on Stephanie Miller." Yes, the future of the Democrat party is Cindy Sheehan. And for those of her who don't think she can beat DiFi, keep in mind this is CALIFORNIA we are talking about. The leftwing Democrats in Northern...