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In March of 1976, there was apparently a lot of dissatisfaction among African-Americans about the candidates running for the Democratic nomination, and a group known Black Caucus Political Assembly, led by Ron Daniels, nominated Ron Dellums for the Presidency. The idea was to provide a party that would deal with African-American issues, which to the Assembly's members were not given the attention they truly deserved.

Ron Dellums declined the nomination; it wasn't that he didn't agree with them, he did. Dellums was wary however of resigning from the Democratic Party (which he said he would be required to do), and at the same time was worried that the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party would be left leaderless (as he put it). The Assembly accepted his decision, and agreed to meet on May 19th to consider further action. Nothing came of it.

So, for the sake of arguement, lets say that Ron Dellums takes the jump, and agrees to lead the movement in the Presidential Election. How does he do, how might this effect the election, and does the movement have any staying power?
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