A 2012 VICTORY STRATEGY

Dear Lucas,

The new Republican House has been sworn in, and one thing's clear: women must stand up for our rights and our progress.

With John Boehner wielding the Speaker's gavel and anti-choice politicians heading up vital committees, we're gearing up to defend everything from reproductive rights to equal pay. Their first order of business is repealing health care reform -- including coverage for mammograms and maternity care, and for as many as 129 million Americans with preexisting conditions. It goes without saying -- this would be disastrous for American women.

Fortunately, we have a strong group of EMILY's List women in Congress whom we can always count on to fight for us. But Republicans are on the offense, and 2012 is looming large. We need to protect our elected women and increase their numbers -- starting now.

EMILY's List is launching our 2012 victory strategy -- but we need the support of every single member to make it work. Women across the country are counting on EMILY's List! Please, click here to join EMILY's List at a limited time rate of just $10 and help us raise the early money that's so vital to victory.

EMILY's List staff is already fanning out across the country, recruiting strong women candidates to run and helping them build winning campaigns. With congressional redistricting on the horizon, we're getting ready for a big game of musical chairs -- a once-in-a-decade chance to elect newcomers as boundaries are redrawn and new opportunities open up.

But we must move immediately to take advantage of promising opportunities through redistricting. Please become an EMILY's List member today so we can get out there and get started.

Republicans, fresh from their wins in November, want to take the Senate in 2012 and unseat our Senate Six -- the six pro-choice Democratic women who are up for re-election in 2012. That's half of our women senators elected with the help of EMILY's List! To keep Democrats in charge, we need to re-elect every single one of them.

Right now, the Senate is our last bastion of hope as right-wing Republicans in the House unleash their agenda that is nothing but bad news for American women. We need our women senators -- women like Debbie Stabenow and Amy Klobuchar -- to stop terrible bills in their tracks.

Please, join EMILY's List today at our special $10 membership rate so we can make sure every single one of our women senators continues to serve and fight for women and families.

With Republicans in charge of the House, the stakes have never been higher. They won't be satisfied just undoing recent progress -- given free rein, this gang will turn the clock back even further.

EMILY's List can't let that happen. And with your help, we won't. Please, take a moment right now to become an EMILY's List member and help us get started on this monumental task. We don't have a second to waste.

Warmest regards,

Ellen R. Malcolm
Chair of the Board