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The New Party as an organization could not gain the influence it needed to continue to operate. In 1997 the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled that the freedom of association clause of the [[First Amendment]] did not protect electoral fusion, further reducing NP's power; it was defunct by 1998, with it's former members joining or creating similar political parties.
The New Party as an organization could not gain the influence it needed to continue to operate. In 1997 the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled that the freedom of association clause of the [[First Amendment]] did not protect electoral fusion, further reducing NP's power; it was defunct by 1998, with it's former members joining or creating similar political parties.
==Discounting Obama's involvment==
==Obama's involvment in the New Party==
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]