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Here’s the thing, these are archived pages from 1995 and 1996, from the actual websites of the New Party and the Chicago Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America Party. Before Obama was even elected to his first office. One link even states that he was present at a membership meeting of the New Party. Since they are long websites, just hit “Ctrl f” to find “Obama” and it will take you there. Appearantly, there is a lot more information besides these three links.

Thank you SO much for those links. This is absolutely amazing. So much for the ‘investigative reporting’ in this country. The media has proved itself to be incapable, or unwilling to protect the sanctity of the US.

Until now I've taken the ‘Manchurian Candidate’ comments with a grain of salt with little credence. This, to me, is irrefutable evidence that Obama is indeed at the very least a ‘stealth’ candidate.

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Candidates must be approved via a NP political committee. Once approved, candidates must sign a contract with the NP. The contract mandates that they must have a visible and active relationship with the NP.

Indeed it was an exciting evening because the NP has two crucial components. First, the NP is a true "Rainbow Coalition" consisting of both young and aged African-Americans, Hispanics and Caucasians. Although ACORN and SEIU Local 880 were the harbingers of the NP there was a strong presence of CoC and DSA (15% DSA). Moreover a good 8% were younger Generation X'ers who are critically needed. A more diverse representation of Labor is missing. Secondly, the NP is taking "action." Four political candidates were "there" seeking NP support. The NP is strategically organizing via house parties and tactically entering only elections that they can win. Furthermore they are organizing a campaign on the "Living Wage Ordinance" in the Chicago City Council.

In 1992, he was Director of Illinois Project Vote, a voter registration campaign that made Carol Moseley Braun's election to the U.S. Senate much easier than it would have been.

When Obama participated in a 1996 UofC YDS Townhall Meeting on Economic Insecurity, much of what he had to say was well within the mainstream of European social democracy.

Conclusion The reference to the New Deal was deliberate. To date in the presidential campaign the economic crisis into which we are entering has received little attention. At the Republican Convention neither Joe Lieberman nor Sarah Palin mentioned the economy in their speeches and McCain barely touched on it. I think, however, that will change over the remainder of the campaign. Whether it will change enough to insure John McCain's defeat I am not sure. But, with respect to Obama, it is useful to remember that FDR did not walk into the White Hose in 1933 with a program that resembled what we came to know as the New Deal but only with a commitment to help his fellow citizens. In fact, had he spelled out something that looked like the New Deal during the campaign, he might well not have been elected and that was when the GDP had dropped by more than 10% and the unemployment rate was over 20%. It was the commitment to bettering the lives of other that drove what came next and in this campaign that is probably the best we can expect.

Financial Crisis: Thinking About the Real Socialist Way Out DSA member David Schweickart looks at how the current economic crisis offers opportunities for economic democracy: http://progressivesforobama.net/2008/09/25/thinking-about-the-real-socialist-way-out/