Two Words to Make the Democrats Quake: Cindy Sheehan

By Pepper of the Daily Pepper

This announcement is more than enough to send a rumble through DiFi's base:

Cindy Sheehan May Run Against Feinstein

In a move that dang near trumps Kerry's call of a filibuster from #@$%# Switzerland, Dianne Feinstein pulled an about-face and is now calling for a filibuster:

Sheehan earlier had criticized Feinstein for not immediately backing a filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.

Feinstein announced on Friday that would in fact support that filibuster, the same day Sheehan issued a statement saying she would run against the senator if she didn't take a harder line.

Is it Kerry's mobilization that has pushed Feinstein to move against Alito? No. It's more likely the realization that the looming Peace Momma could seriously damper Feinstein's fundraising prospects.

I have no illusions that Alito can be stopped at the last minute, but I was shocked at how easily DiFi - the only woman on the Senate Judiciary Committee - rolled over when it came to Alito. She represents a liberal state, full of liberal women who might, I don't know, like to see their rights preserved.

Of course, Sheehan has been in Vanity Fair and is hanging out with Hugo Chavez, so her chances of being taken seriously are slim, but many people who supported Feinstein because she was a Democrat are disillusioned. Catherine of Poverty Barn wrote DiFi a scathing open letter, and Sheehan could walk off with a sizable chunk of DiFi's base. Methinks Sheehan gave DiFi just the scare she so richly deserves.