Several MDS leaders, including [[Bill Ayers]], [[Bernardine Dohrn]], [[Carl Davidson]] and Rashid Khalidi know Barack Obama personally. Several MDS leaders including [[Tom Hayden]], Bill Fletcher, Jr., Barbara Ehrenreich and Carl Davidson were involved in setting up [[Progressives for Obama]]–an organisation tasked with uniting the far left behind the Obama campaign and presidency.<ref>http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/loudon-former-terrorist-mark-rudd-assesses-obamas-progress/</ref> Rudd also is a member. | Several MDS leaders, including [[Bill Ayers]], [[Bernardine Dohrn]], [[Carl Davidson]] and Rashid Khalidi know Barack Obama personally. Several MDS leaders including [[Tom Hayden]], Bill Fletcher, Jr., Barbara Ehrenreich and Carl Davidson were involved in setting up [[Progressives for Obama]]–an organisation tasked with uniting the far left behind the Obama campaign and presidency.<ref>http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/loudon-former-terrorist-mark-rudd-assesses-obamas-progress/</ref> Rudd also is a member. |