Pressed mine too, so I googled the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) in search of the article that praised Congressman Massa’s decision to become a co-sponsor of Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s “Privileged Resolution to End the Afghan War”.

I found the article "Labor and People's Unity and Grass Roots Action Key in 2010" and, indeed, Eric Massa was noted just as Tom Reed's press release stated.

Finding Eric Massa's name on a Communist site was troubling, but so was the article. I kept scrolling back to the headline to make sure I was still in the cpusa.org site and not the Democrat National Committee site. It seems the Democrat's agenda mirrors the Communist agenda.

That same CPUSA article mentioned the Working Families Party (WFP) so I googled that too. They helped get Eric Massa elected in 2008 with 8,611 votes—a 58% increase from WFP votes for Massa in 2006.

“We’re proud to have helped put Eric over the top,” said Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director.

So who's the Working Families Party?

According to the party’s web site, WFP is a coalition founded by ACORN, the Communications Workers of America, and the United Automobile Workers. However, ACORN clearly dominates the coalition. It functions as a political party in New York State promoting ACORN-friendly candidates.

The Working Families Party benefits from a quirk of New York State election law, which allows parties to “cross-endorse” candidates of other parties. Thus when Eric Massa ran for Congress in 2006-2008 he ran both on the Democratic Party ticket and on the Working Families Party ticket.

Now here's the rub…the Democratic Socialists of America party works within states where "fusion" of third party and major party votes is possible. The Democratic Socialists of America co-sponsored the Working Families Party in New York State.

Does any of this information make Massa a card carrying member of the Communist Party? No. But voters should be asking why socialists voted for Massa and gave him mention of support in the Communist Party USA article that read like a Democrat Manifesto.