Cindy Sheehan for Senate?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, January 30, 2006
Contact: Ragina Johnson, campaign manager, 415-412-4540 http://www.Todd4Senate.org

Attention: Political Desk


Green Party Senate candidate welcomes Cindy Sheehan's
run against Sen. Feinstein, suggests activist's campaign
would show how unpopular incumbent has become to voters

SAN FRANCISCO - Responding to reports that anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan
may run against Sen. Dianne Feinstein if the incumbent Democrat
does not filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito,
Green Party Senate candidate Todd Chretien says he welcomes the company.

Green Party Senate candidate Todd Chretien welcomed Cindy Sheehan's statement. "If it's true, then I think that Sen. Feinstein has brought this on herself. If Cindy were to challenge Sen. Feinstein in the Democratic primary, I think the senator would find out how unpopular she has become with rank and file Democrats."

Chretien also welcomed the news that Sen. Feinstein may join the filibuster against Alito; however, he warned that it has all the makings of a gimmic, and not a real fight to the finish to prevent Alito's confirmation. He has been helping organize a campaign in California to pressure Sen. Feinstein to filibuster Alito.

"Sen. Feinstein is finally feeling the pressure from the millions of women and people of color in California who she was betraying by refusing to filibuster Alito. She's feeling the pressure from Cindy Sheehan from NOW and from the Green Party. Rather than having to be pushed and pulled, Sen. Feinstein ought to have been leading this fight and if she is simply signing on to the filibuster as a symbolic stunt, then I think the people of California will not think kindly of her toying with defending their constitutional rights against the threat with Alito's confirmation poses."