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Sheehan's Attacks on Pelosi May Not Sway San Francisco Voters
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Aug 17, 2007 11:07am |
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| News Date | Friday, August 17, 2007 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Cindy Sheehan's anti-war stance may not be enough for her to unseat big gun Nancy Pelosi as San Francisco's U.S. representative.
Pelosi, a Democrat, voted against the Iraq war and is speaker of the House. Sheehan's run against the lawmaker is misguided, pollsters and political observers say.
``She has about as much of a chance beating Nancy Pelosi as I do,'' said Dan Schnur, a Republican political consultant who was communications director for John McCain's 2000 presidential run. ``The overwhelming majority of Democrats, even San Francisco Democrats, are closer to Pelosi.''
Sheehan, 50, started speaking out against the war at political rallies after her son Casey, a specialist in the U.S. Army, was killed in Baghdad in 2004. She attracted international attention in 2005 when she camped outside President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Her anti-war position puts Sheehan in sync with San Francisco's electorate. In November 2004, about 64 percent of city voters supported a local ballot measure to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. Marches against the war draw thousands of people, with San Francisco police estimating as many as 200,000 at one rally in 2003.
That rapport won't give Sheehan enough traction with voters in the 2008 congressional election, said Eric Jaye, a San Francisco political consultant and top campaign adviser to Mayor Gavin Newsom.
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