According to the Washington Post and via Americablog.
From the Post article:
CRAWFORD, Texas -- Cindy Sheehan, the soldier's mother who galvanized the anti-war movement, said Sunday that she plans to seek House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat unless she introduces articles of impeachment against President Bush in the next two weeks.
Sheehan said she will run against the San Francisco Democrat in 2008 as an independent if Pelosi does not seek by July 23 to impeach Bush. That's when Sheehan and her supporters are to arrive in Washington, D.C., after a 13-day caravan and walking tour starting next week from the group's war protest site near Bush's Crawford ranch.
I like this idea; I think it's a great way to put pressure on the Democrats in Congress to act - Sheehan seems like the kind of person who won't be placated with platitudes. And she has the celebrity status, especially with the left of the Dems, to get attention.
It could backfire, sending Sheehan into obscurity and making her an outsider...though it would be both tragic and a really telling example of what matters to the Democrats. I won't hold my breath.
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