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==History==
==History==
Daniel Cantor, a former staffer with [[Jesse Jackson]] during his 1988 presidential campaign, and sociology/law professor Joel Rogers from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) created the New party, drawing many members from the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] and the civil organization group [[ACORN]]; the chapter in Chicago included former Maoists, Trotskyists, and Communist Party USA members who had gathered together under the group name "Committees of Correspondence". Among their most prominent members was [[Barack Obama]], first picked to succeed Illinois state senator Alice Palmer while in the home of [[Weather Underground]] terrorist [[William Ayers]] in 1995.
Daniel Cantor, a former staffer with [[Jesse Jackson]] during his 1988 presidential campaign, and sociology/law professor Joel Rogers from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) created the New party, drawing many members from the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] and the civil organization group [[ACORN]]; the chapter in Chicago included former [[Mao]]ists, Trotskyists, and [[Communist Party USA]] members who had gathered together under the group name "Committees of Correspondence". Among their most prominent members was [[Barack Obama]], first picked to succeed Illinois state senator [[Alice Palmer]] while in the home of [[Weather Underground]] terrorist [[William Ayers]] in 1995.
"Electoral fusion" was encouraged by the New Party in the states where it was legal to do so ([[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], [[Idaho]], [[Mississippi]], [[New York]], [[South Carolina]], [[Vermont]]); this act consisted of ''"a method of voting that allows minor parties to have their own ballot line with which they can either endorse their own candidates or endorse the candidates of other parties"'' [http://www.newparty.org/]. Usually, the candidate so endorsed was a Democrat, and occupying more than one ballot line during the vote.
"Electoral fusion" was encouraged by the New Party in the states where it was legal to do so ([[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], [[Idaho]], [[Mississippi]], [[New York]], [[South Carolina]], [[Vermont]]); this act consisted of ''"a method of voting that allows minor parties to have their own ballot line with which they can either endorse their own candidates or endorse the candidates of other parties"'' [http://www.newparty.org/]. Usually, the candidate so endorsed was a Democrat, and occupying more than one ballot line during the vote.
*[[Barbara Ehrenreich]], author, activist, DSA leader, a founder of [[Progressives for Obama]]
*[[Barbara Ehrenreich]], author, activist, DSA leader, a founder of [[Progressives for Obama]]
*[[Bill Fletcher]], [[Maoist]], associated with DSA, and a founder of Progressives for Obama
*[[Bill Fletcher]], [[Maoist]], associated with DSA, and a founder of Progressives for Obama
*[[Carl Davidson]], Progressives for Obama webmaster.
*[[Carl Davidson]], former [[Students for a Democratic Society]] member and Progressives for Obama webmaster.
*[[Maude Hurd]], associate of Boston chapter of DSA and ACORN president.
*[[Maude Hurd]], associate of Boston chapter of DSA and ACORN president.
*[[Frances Fox Piven]], senior DSA member, endorsed the Progressives for Obama; heavily involved in ACORN's conception and organization.
*[[Frances Fox Piven]], senior DSA member, endorsed the Progressives for Obama; heavily involved in ACORN's conception and organization.