Cindy Sheehan May Run for US Congress in 2008
By Matthew Cardinale, News Editor, Atlanta Progressive News (May 10, 2007)
(APN) ATLANTA – Renowned antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan is considering a run for US Congress in 2008, Atlanta Progressive News has learned in the process of interviewing Sheehan about her upcoming rally in Washington, DC, this Mothers’ Day weekend. Sheehan became an activist in 2004 after her son, Casey, was killed during the US Invasion of Iraq.
“I’m on the National Board for the Progressive Democrats of America and they’re really trying to talk me into running for a Congressional Seat in 2008. It’s almost getting to the time to make my mind up by now. I do have the name recognition. I still can’t make my mind up on whether it would hurt the movement,” Sheehan told APN in a phone interview.
On the one hand, Sheehan feels she is already effective as a grassroots leader and does not know whether she would be more effective in Congress.
On the other hand, Sheehan sees that many in Congess don’t seem to be listening to reason.
“They have their own agenda. They need to realize their agenda has to be our agenda,” Sheehan said.
Sheehan, who considered a US Senate run in 2006 against US Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), said she isn’t sure yet which seat she would run for, because she has ties to several locations.
She has a home in California, but also has “resided” in Crawford, Texas, during her many demonstrations outside President Bush’s ranch. Therefore she has options.
Sheehan says ideally a Congressional Campaign for 2008 would have already begun, but because of name recognition believes there still is more time to “evaluate things.”
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