WASHINGTON - November 29 - The battle over Social Security was determined by more than mistakes by President Bush and GOP leaders. A newly-energized progressive network mobilized millions of Americans to seriously discuss and debate the idea of privatization -- and to demand that their Senators and Members of Congress tell their constituents where they stood. This new political force has turned its organizing efforts to the budget battle now, but will re-focus on letting voters know where their representatives stood on Social Security and Medicare in the election year to come. Please come to hear a discussion of what this new force represents.

Please join the Campaign for America's Future for a provocative discussion:

WHEN:
Friday, Dec. 2, 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Coffee and breakfast rolls will be served.

WHERE:
National Press Club, First Amendment Room, Washington, D.C.

WHO:
Joe Conason, reporter, columnist, and author of the new book "The Raw Deal: How the Bush Republicans Plan to Destroy Social Security and the Legacy of the New Deal."

Celinda Lake, respected polling expert, president of Lake Research Partners and co-author of the important new book, "What Women Really Want: How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class, and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live."

Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, founding board member of Americans United to Protect Social Security and author of the memo: "Social Security: A Battle Progressives Can Win," published in The American Prospect, February 2005.

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