Posted on 02/07/2006 12:25:26 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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 in the Senate election helps her at all," Boxer told a roundtable of California reporters this morning. "I think it might have the opposite effect."
"Maybe she's more valuable out there not as a candidate," Boxer said of Sheehan and her anti-war effort
Feinstein and Boxer were both elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 - the "Year of the Woman" in national politics - but they have not always seen eye-to-eye on issues. Feinstein voted for the 2002 resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq if the country refused to comply with U.N. weapons inspectors, while Boxer was one of 23 senators who voted against it.
But Boxer defended her Senate colleague today, saying Feinstein has been a critic of the administration's war policies and favors withdrawing troops as soon as possible.
"Sen. Feinstein and I are very involved in trying to figure out a way to get the troops back," she said.
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Come on, everybody!
Split that vote, Cindy, split that vote!
Run, Cindy, run!
(evil laughter)
Fact is, Sheehan isn't in the same league. There are fish and there are sharks. Boxer's warning her off; "I will not desert Feinstein for a flash-in-the-pan."
.....hearing faint noises of Freepers snickering and opening their checkbooks.......
(and I was actually born in LA)
Yeah, Cindy, Feinstein needs the opposition. Run Cindy run!
No way will Cindy run; she'd have to stick to California and I doubt she's willing to give up her national stage.
left, lefter, leftist. Wow, who said Californians don't get a wide variety of choices?
Oh, man. Watching Sheehan get pwned by the two big Cali Dems might be even more entertaining than watching her get a Republican elected to Congress from California.
Perhaps we could all get Cindy stickers for our cars. Cindy darlin, you have no class, no education and no reasonings skills. You are PERFECT for the Dimacratic party.
Cindy should run for President in 2008!
It doesn't matter that Windy's not in the same league as Feinstein. What matters is that Windy tries her best! (tongue in cheek)
Cindy is not giving any serious or even non-serious consideration to running for the Senate. It is all just words spoken to get her name in print and her face on TV more than she was.
......a useful Idiot....
I pray Cindy runs as a Green or INdependent or something
maybe the Republican can get in through the back door as it were
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