Event Wed., Feb. 20th in DC: The Uncharted Political Terrain of Campaign '08 with Trippi, Walter

For those of us students of politics this has been quite a year. We've seen historic levels of citizen participation, unprecedented amounts of money raised, the most diverse Presidential field of candidates in American history, path-breaking use of new technologies, the emergence of the power of a previously unknown group of Party leaders, the "Super Delegates," and the flexing of political muscle by groups who have not always had a loud voice in politics - women, young voters, African-Americans and Hispanics.

To reflect on - and perhaps make sense - of this extraordinary Presidential cycle, we are hosting a luncheon discussion next Wednesday, February 20th, at the Phoenix Park Hotel. At the luncheon we will hear from Joe Trippi, just back as chief strategist with John Edward's Presidential campaign, talk about how different the 2008 campaign is from that of 2004, when he headed Howard Dean's historic campaign for the Presidency. Trippi will be joined by Simon Rosenberg, NDN's President, Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of the Hotline at National Journal as well as Andres Ramirez, NDN's Vice President for Hispanic Programs who has been tracking the all important Hispanic vote this year. New Politics Institute Director Peter Leyden will moderate this free-wheeling conversation with these speakers over lunch next Wednesday.

The event with lunch is open to the public and free to all. Feel free to spread this to anyone who might be interested. But make sure everyone RSVPs. Thanks.

The Uncharted Political Terrain of Campaign '08
Wednesday, February 20
12:30 - 2:00PM ET
The Phoenix Park Hotel Ballroom
520 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Click here to RSVP. For more information, please contact Courtney Markey at (202) 544-9200 or cmarkey@ndn.org.

For background read our recent article, The 50-Year Strategy; our recent report Hispanics Rising; our essays On Obama, Race and the end of the Southern Strategy and Senator McCain, be careful what you wish for; and new commentary on the events of the day at www.ndnblog.org.

This event is cosponsored by NDN, a leading think tank and advocacy organization for progressives, and its affiliate, the New Politics Institute, a think tank helping progressives master today's transformation of politics due to the rapid changes in technology, media and the demographic makeup of America. You can find out more about NDN at www.ndn.org, and about NPI at www.newpolitics.net