Barack Obama and the New Party? Barack Obama was backed by the New Party for his Senate seat run, says new reports. Was Barack Obama a member of the New Party? And what is the New Party?

The New Party is defined by Wikipedia as “a third political party in the United States” with chatter online claiming it was a socialist party. “The party was active from 1992 to 1998. There had been an earlier New Party in 1968 that ran Eugene McCarthy for President.”

What exactly did the New Party preach?

Wikipedia states “The party could best be described as social democratic in orientation, although party statements almost invariably used the terms “small-d democratic” or “progressive” instead. “

Chapters included Chicago.

And what about Barack Obama?

Well right there on the New Party’s Wikipedia’s page as of today is Barack Obama’s name.

“These chapters built local political organizations that ran or endorsed candidates, primarily in local non-partisan races but with occasional forays into Democratic Party primaries or (more rarely) traditional third party-style independent candidacies as well. The party’s chapters elected or helped to elect dozens of candidates, including Barack Obama’s 1996 run for the Illinois State Senate. [1]”

The link is to a New Party page, now archived, which reads as follows:

“Illinois: Three NP [New Party] -members won Democratic primaries last Spring and face off against Republican opponents on election day: Danny Davis (U.S. House), Barack Obama (State Senate) and Patricia Martin (Cook County Judiciary).”

And it doesn’t end there. There has been a reported fight on both sides as to whether Barack Obama’s name should or shouldn’t be on that Wikipedia page.

Click here too see the Wiki page.

Click here too see a screen shot of it as of noon PST 10/9/08.