Cindy Sheehan

Bay Area anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has made good on her pledge to take on the most powerful woman in U.S. politics, eHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Sheehan, whose son Casey died while fighting in Iraq, gained national attention after holding a weeks long vigil outside of the entrance to President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.

The housewife-turned-peace activist vowed earlier this year to oppose Pelosi (D-San Francisco) when the speaker failed to seek the impeachment of Bush or at least cut off any additional funding of the war.

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Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan: Photo by Getty ImagesEx-“peace mom” Cindy Sheehan claims she has a $130,000 war chest for her independent campaign against what she calls, “Nancy Pelosi and her cabal in San Francisco.”

“I’m not just running against Nancy Pelosi,” Sheehan said in a radio interview this week. “I’m running against the two-party system, the entire system.”

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan drew a standing room only crowd this week at Cal State San Marcos this week as she continues her symbolic, uphill challenge to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  Sheehan is an Independent candidate in California’s 8th district, where Pelosi is seeking re-election to a 14th term.

BERKELEY, CA - MARCH 19: Peace activist and congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan participates in an anti-war protest March 19, 2008 in Berkeley, California. Demonstrations were held across the San Francisco Bay area on the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion in Iraq. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images)