Americans United For Change: If It’s a Fight The White House Wants…

... we'll give them one -- and according to the insider Washington paper Roll Call we can expect company aplenty on the front lines [emphasis added]:

Brendan Daly, spokesman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), acknowledged that there are few legislative opportunities left in the House this year to highlight party differences on Social Security revisions. But Daly said Members still plan to “talk about it whenever they can to remind people that this isn’t just a fleeting idea.”

“This is something Republicans are committed to — they want to privatize Social Security,” he said. “Is it politically good for us? Yes. But that’s not why it’s such a big deal. Democrats are committed to protecting Social Security because it is one of our core values.”

... While Congressional Democrats dust off their battle plan, Americans United, the outside group that led efforts across the country last year to beat back overhaul efforts, is mounting a renewed campaign of its own to call attention to individuals’ positions on the issue. ...

“Our effort is not about the outcome of the election, but the outcome of the issue,” said Brad Woodhouse, spokesman for Americans United. Woodhouse added that his organization, which in January decided to expand its focus to other causes, was “always planning to return to this issue” to remind voters once again about Bush’s plans to privatize the system. But, Woodhouse said, “the Republicans’ recent actions and statements about returning to it have just made the issue and our returning to it more urgent and more timely.”

Republicans still want to end Social Security -- and we need to get the word out now, to stop them before they have the chance. Take action today.

Posted by Americans United For Change Web Team