This Thursday, January 11, from 4-5pm, The Courage Campaign will convene our second public conference call, this time to discuss healthcare reform and the wider 2007 agenda in the wake of Arnold’s speech yesterday outlining his healthcare reform plan and his state of the state tonight. (And please join us for our LiveBlog of the state of the state starting at 5:05pm tonight.)

Like last time, we have some exciting guests lined up to speak to us and take our questions on the call:

Assemblywoman Karen Bass (CA-47), majority leader of the assembly and a reliable progressive, will be on the call to talk about the Democrats’ plans for 2007 and to give her take on the state of the state.

Sal Roselli, President of the SEIU State Council of California and President of SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West will share his thoughts on Arnold’s healthcare proposal and what SEIU’s plans are to make sure we get some real reform.

Matt Stoller of MyDD will speak to us as well to give us a wider context and no doubt discuss how the blogosphere can frame and really have an impact on the California healthcare debate and ensure we pursue a progressive agenda in this era of “post-partisanship.”

Again, the call is this Thursday at 4pm. To join, please RSVP to [email protected] to get the dial-in details. Also, feel free to e-mail her your questions for our guests as well. Hope you can make it but if not, the call will be archived on the blog pretty soon after the call concludes.

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Congratulations to everyone for all you did leading up to yesterday’s phenomenal result. What we accomplished really was extraordinary and we should all be really proud of the effort we put in. As we all know, however, this is only the beginning of a long hard fight, both nationally and here in California. That’s why The Courage Campaign would like to get the ball rolling with a discussion of the impact of the California election results both on the future of California politics and on the national scene heading into the future.

What does a Schwarzenegger win mean for the fate of California’s 55 electoral votes? Are they in play? And what do the voter trends we saw yesterday tell us about how to keep California progressive?

We’d love you all to join us and special guests Congresswoman Hilda Solis of CA-32, Chris Bowers of MyDD, pollster Joel Wright of Wright Consulting and Frank Russo of the California Progress Report for a lively discussion. It will be held tomorrow, Thursday, 11/9, from 4:30-5:30pm PST. To join, just RSVP to [email protected] to receive the dial-in details. Space is limited. Participants will be welcome to ask questions, as time allows. Please invite anyone you think would be interested to join as well.  Thanks!