Was Barack Obama a member of the "New Party?" The New Party is made up from leaders of the Democratic Socialists for America and claims as a member another radical by the name of Noam Chomsky. Recent photos and articles have surfaced showing Barack posing with members of the party at a membership meeting in 1996 as reported by the newsletter "New Deal."

The publication of the New Party also boasted of Obama's win in the State Senate race clearly stating he was a member of the New Party. The New Zeal blog, available at http://www.newzeal.blogspot.com/, has the full details of this story.