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[00:00.00]The battle over Social Security has been joined by an unusual lobbyist,
[00:05.75]a 9 year old boy from Texas (George Bush's hometown),
[00:10.72]who has agreed to travel around supporting President Bush's proposal.
[00:15.52]The boy,Noah McCullough,made a splash with his encyclopedic command of presidential history,
[00:23.27]earning five appearances on the "Tonight" show and some unusual experiences in the presidential campaign last year.
[00:30.20]He beat Howard Dean in a trivia contest at the Democratic National Convention
[00:35.45]and wrote for his local newspaper about his trip to see the inauguration.
[00:39.61]"He's very patriotic and very Republican," said to the media Noah's mother, Donna McCullough, “
[00:45.63]a former teacher and self-described Democrat. "It's the way he was born."
[00:50.53]In a sign of how far groups go to carry their message on Social Security,
[00:55.49]Progress for America has signed up Noah, a fourth grader, as a volunteer spokesman.
[01:01.59]He starts on spring break from James Williams Elementary School in Katy, Tex.
[01:07.00]Progress for America, which spent almost $45 million backing Mr Bush last year,
[01:13.61]plans to lay out $20 million on Social Security this year.
[01:18.14]It has spent $1 million on television commercials and is working to send experts around the country.