Recently, Cindy Sheehan announced that she may run for Congress against Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. While I have always respected her activism against the war

In her recent statement, Sheehan sounded much more like a pissed-off independent than a left-wing Democrat:

The Democrats are the party of slavery and were the party that started every war in the 20th century except the other Bush debacle. The Federal Reserve, permanent federal (and unconstitutional) income taxes, Japanese concentration camps and, not one, but two atom bombs dropped on the innocent citizens of Japan were brought to us via the Democrats. Don't tell me the Democrats are our 'Saviors,' because I am not buying it...

Who knows what the future holds and whether Sheehan will actually take Pelosi on, but the fact is that if the antiwar movement wants to have an impact, unseating some pro-war politicians and spineless Democrats is the way to do it. Marching in the streets doesn't cut it.