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Obama's campaign staff has consistently maintain that Obama was never a part of a socialist political party in general, the New Party in particular. Carl Davidson, an associate of Obama and former member of the New Party, stated:
Obama's campaign staff has consistently maintain that Obama was never a part of a socialist political party in general, the New Party in particular. Carl Davidson, an associate of Obama and former member of the New Party, stated:
:''"The New Party in Chicago was never a socialist party. DSA in Chicago had little to do with it in any practical way. It was a pragmatic party of ’small d democracy’ mainly promoting economic reforms like the living wage and testing the fusion tactic, common in many countries but only operational in New York in the US. The main trend within it was ACORN, an Alinskyist outfit, which is hardly Marxist. Most socialist left groups either ignored it or opposed it, even if a few of their members took part in it. That’s the truth of the matter."'' [http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-file-36-how-socialist-was-obamas.html]
:''"The New Party in Chicago was never a socialist party. DSA in Chicago had little to do with it in any practical way. It was a pragmatic party of ’small d democracy’ mainly promoting economic reforms like the living wage and testing the fusion tactic, common in many countries but only operational in New York in the US. The main trend within it was ACORN, an Alinskyist outfit, which is hardly Marxist. Most socialist left groups either ignored it or opposed it, even if a few of their members took part in it. That’s the truth of the matter."'' [http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-file-36-how-socialist-was-obamas.html]
Davidson's statement is refuted by Illinois state election records and the excerpts and photographs from the New Party News.
Davidson's statement is refuted by Illinois state election records and the excerpts and photographs from the New Party News. A pro-New Party excert by Bruce Bentley stated:
:''"About 50 activists attended the Chicago New Party membership meeting in July...The political entourage included Alderman Michael Chandler, William Delgado, chief of staff for State Rep Miguel del Valle, and spokespersons for State Sen. Alice Palmer, Sonya Sanchez, chief of staff for State Sen. Jesse Garcia, who is running for State Rep in Garcia's District; and Barack Obama, chief of staff for State Sen. Alice Palmer. Obama is running for Palmer's vacant seat."'' [http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng42.html#anchor792932]
Bentley had also stated in 1995 that Carl Davidson himself was a member of the Committees of Correspondence (CoC):
:''"On January 27th approximately 45 people attended the Chicago DSA and Chicago CoC organized public form at the ACTWU hall on Ashland Ave... Chicago DSA was represented by Co-Chair, Kurt Anderson and Political Education Officer, Bob Roman. CoC was represented by Carl Davidson, who is a member of CoC's National Coordinating Committee and Ronelle Mustin, an activist from the 22nd ward. The event was chaired by Sandi Patrinos, chair of Chicago CoC..."'' [http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng39.html#anchor354294]
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