For many political positions in New York City, whoever wins the Democrat primary wins the general election. Liberal New York moved even farther to the Left when two Working Families Party candidates won Democrat primaries for two of the City's most powerful positions: public advocate and comptroller.
That's because the Working Families Party is an affiliate of ACORN. Lest you think that statement is an exaggeration, here is a copy of a 2000 ACORN document obtained by Founding Bloggers showing the relationship between the two.
In New York State, fusion voting is permitted, meaning that candidates can be listed on the ballot representing more than one party (in this case both the Democrat Party and the Working Families Party). When the votes are counted, votes for the candidate on each of the party lines are fused, that is, added together. In this case, the Working Families Party votes are rolled into the Democrat Party votes. Eric Erickson at Redstate has been working on this story for several years, and an excellent place to start understanding ACORN's political parties (both of them!) is "Obama and the New Party" at HumanEvents.com.
Back to New York City. From the NY Times:The Working Families Party has chapters in New York State, Connecticut, South Carolina, and Oregon, and is trying to get established in Massachusetts and California.Bill de Blasio, a councilman from Brooklyn running for public advocate, and John C. Liu, a councilman from Queens running for comptroller, easily defeated their opponents in the Democratic runoff election on Tuesday in two citywide races that drew scant interest from voters.
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The decisive showings by Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Liu were also a victory for the Working Families Party, the labor-backed group that endorsed both candidates and that mobilized its formidable field operation to turn out voters on a day when most polling sites were largely empty.
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With Democrats dominating New York City’s voter rolls, Mr. Liu and Mr. de Blasio are not likely to face much competition in the November election, and they would fill offices that could quickly make them strong contenders for mayor in 2013. Mr. Liu’s victory keeps him on the path to becoming the first Asian-American elected to citywide office.
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New York's Mayor Bloomberg, a Republican, will be running against another Working Families Party/Democrat candidate, William C. Thompson Jr.
In case you think a new little ACORN party can't have a lot of influence, consider the $5.2 billion still directed to it by federal stimulus legislation, signed by Barack Obama.
Barack Obama, the very same candidate supported in Illinois by ACORN's first political party, the New Party. From Thomas Lifson at American Thinker:
The New Party was a radical left organization, established in 1992, to amalgamate far left groups and push the United States into socialism by forcing the Democratic Party to the left. It was an attempt to regroup the forces on the left in a new strategy to take power, burrowing from within. The party only lasted until 1998, when its strategy of "fusion" failed to withstand a Supreme Court ruling. But dissolving the party didn't stop the membership, including Barack Obama, from continuing to move the Democrats leftward with spectacular success.In this article, "Archives prove Obama was a New Party member (updated)," Lifson quoted a 1995 post in the leftist publication New Ground 42:
The NP's political strategy is to support progressive candidates in elections only if they have a concrete chance to "win". This has resulted in a winning ratio of 77 of 110 elections. 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.The political entourage included Alderman Michael Chandler, William Delgado, chief of staff for State Rep Miguel del Valle, and spokespersons for State Sen. Alice Palmer, Sonya Sanchez, chief of staff for State Sen. Jesse Garcia, who is running for State Rep in Garcia's District; and Barack Obama, chief of staff for State Sen. Alice Palmer. Obama is running for Palmer's vacant seat.
Barack Obama entered electoral politics as a member of a radical marxist group aimed at gaining control of the Democratic Party in order to implement a hardline version of socialism in America. He signed a contract promising to maintain a visible relationship.When the New Party was put out of business by the Supreme Court, which ruled that the concept of fusion is not a protected constitutional right, the New Party rose from its ashes by joining with ACORN and a coalition of labor unions to found the Working Families Party, a mere 11 years ago.
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