Sheehan to challenge Feinstein? We can only hope

Peace activist and bereaved war mother Cindy Sheehan is considering challenging senior California Senator Dianne Feinstein for the Democratic nomination, based on her initial support of the war in Iraq, and even more, her refusal to call for an immediate, or near-immediate, or anywhere close to immediate, pullout, or even a timetable discussion.

“I think our senator needs to be held accountable for her support of George Bush and his war policies,” said Sheehan, whose 24-year-old soldier son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004.

Here, here. Feinstein is so centrist that she could be elected as a Democratic Senator in many Midwestern states. California, with a more liberal base needs to do better. I don’t know what Sheehan will be like on other issues, but Feinstein’s pretty much a centrist on a lot of issues, from where I sit. She too often is a “consensus” senator, too, not willing to be confrontational.