"what's that shinny thing?"
Posted on 11/12/2008 9:38:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Cindy Sheehan, a leader of the US anti-war movement (such as it is), ran for the congressional seat held by Democrat and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (8th district, San Francisco).
Sheehan, running as an independent, came in second to Pelosi, easily beating the Republican challenger. As a result, Pelosi’s support plummeted by almost 20 percentage points from 2006.
Nonetheless, one might assume that this will not have much an affect on Pelosi’s estimate of her, or the party’s, electoral security looking ahead to 2010. Here are the results:
Nancy Pelosi (Dem) 162,276 71.9%
Cindy Sheehan (Ind) 36,894 16.4%
Dana Walsh (Rep) 21,540 9.5%
Philip Z. Berg (Lib) 5,054 2.2%
By contrast, Pelosi won 80.4% in 2006, against 10.8% for the Republican candidate, 7.4% for a Green, and 1.4% for a Libertarian.
Going back to the last presidential election, in 2004, she won 84.7% against 11.7% for the Republican and 3.6% for the candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party.
She’s slipping!
(I can’t help but wonder why Sheehan did not run with either the Green or the Peace & Freedom Party. Isn’t she supposed to be a movement candidate? Neither of these parties had a candidate in the district this year, however.)
SF makes me sick.
Gee - 162,000 responsible for the hardships of hundreds of millions. What am I missing?
Sixteen percent of these people are crazier than Pelosi? Crikey!
Gee - 162,000 responsible for the hardships of hundreds of millions. What am I missing?
Sixteen percent of these people are crazier than Pelosi? Crikey!
Funny like cancer. Much like the rest of the election.
The GOP feller must not have seen the signs in the bay area; Conservatives need not apply.
9.5% for our Republican candidate ? That’s the first time a GOP candidate dropped into the single digits for Congress in that district ever. Just to get an idea of the dramatic dropoff for GOP support in SF, 26 years ago, our candidate got 41%. Methinks, however, that some Republicans cast protest votes for Mutha Sheehan to embarrass Facelift Nancy.
The republican nearly got 10%!
The dems should demand a recount!
(Without looking or caring, the “republican” out there is probably more liberal than Pelosi)
Bay Area? California is getting like that.
"what's that shinny thing?"
And then we can sell Chicago, maybe just push them into Lake Michigan. What a wonderful world that would be!
Yes, she's a useful idiot.
She's also a grieving mother.
I'm not excusing her for siding with the Leftists. But I do understand her doing what she can to stay distracted from real life.
Republicans really need to rally behind and fund Sheehan for a 2010 rematch!
Cindy Sheehan should be Obambi’s Secretary of State.
They really agree on just about everything — it’s just that Obambi’s a lot less honest about his real beliefs....
Don't kid yourself. Pelosi had previously never gotten less than 75% of the vote in the district, and has never participated in a debate. She didn't even campaign. Sheehan just peeled away the Code Pinkos. They get attention wherever they strip down to their puke-colored gowns, but there aren't a lot of them. Electorally, they're insignificant.
Remember when Chris Matthews told Sheehan she should run for Congress?
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