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[[Image:Unity08 logo.png|200px|right|Unity08 logo]]

'''Unity08''' is an [[United States|American]] [[political group]] whose aim is to build a coalition of supporters from both [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party ]] through various methods, mainly their web site. Unity08 supportersstarted include(and [[Hamiltonis Jordan]],currently) [[Angusa King]],527 andnon-profit [[Dougorganization Bailey]].though <refit's name=founders>{{citelegal web|status title=Unity08:may Foundersevolve Councildepending (inon processrulings of formation)the |Federal url=http://www.unity08.com/founderscouncilElection |Commission accessdate=2006-06-12}}on </ref>how and Thewhether firstUnity08 politicalcan candidatelegally runningdo underwhat theit Unityintends bannerto anddo explicitly inspired by Unity08 is [[Harryin Welty]]2008.

== Involved people ==

The first three people involved in Unity08 as an idea were [[Doug Bailey]], [[Hamilton Jordan]], and [[Gerald Rafshoon]]. They reached out to other people including: Roger Craver, Nicco Mele, Jim Jonas, [[Angus King]], Dave Maney, and two college students Lindsay Ullman and Zach Clayton. This group recruited rest of the the Founders Council which existed before Unity08 became an official organization. <ref name=gov>{{cite web| title=The Governance of Unity08 | url=http://www.unity08.com/about/governance | accessdate=2006-09-22}} </ref> <ref name=founders>{{cite web| title=Unity08: Founders Council (in process of formation) | url=http://www.unity08.com/founderscouncil | accessdate=2006-06-12}} </ref> After the announcement of Unity08 at the beginning of June 2006, people began organizing around it in a less tightly coordinated way. The first political candidate running under the Unity banner and explicitly inspired by Unity08 is [[Harry Welty]]. Grassroots organizing efforts like the Unity Supporters[http://unitysupporters.com/forum/] formed and began to grow. In the meantime Unity08 began a general public outreach, based mostly it's central website, Unity08.Com, and outreach to college students (spearheaded by Lindsay Ullman) via on-campus activities and [[Facebook]].

As the Unity Movement gained steam (possibly in part due to public pressure on it's web page for more transparency<ref name=askfounders>{{cite web| title=Forum: Ask Unity08 Founders | url=http://www.unity08.com/forum/24 | accessdate=2006-09-22}} </ref>), people became involved in it's governance in more formal ways: a steering committee (composed of four people from the founders council) was formed<ref name=gov>{{cite web| title=The Governance of Unity08 | url=http://www.unity08.com/about/governance | accessdate=2006-09-22}} </ref> to oversee Jim Jonas (the already announced CEO of Unity08) and a rules committe was formed to develop written recommendations<ref name=rules>{{cite web| title=Rules Committee | url=http://www.unity08.com/rulescommittee | accessdate=2006-09-22}} </ref> on the basis of public comments<ref name=askrules>{{cite web| title=Forum: Unity08 Rules Committee | url=http://www.unity08.com/forum/25 | accessdate=2006-09-22}} </ref> for the way the online Unity Convention should operate in 2008.

== Beliefs ==