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Parrot OS

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{{Infobox OS
| name = Parrot Linux
| logo = Parrotsec_logo.png
| logo size = x64px
| screenshot =
| developer = Lorenzo Faletra, Lisetta Ferrero, Francesco Bonanno, [[The Parrot Project]]
| family = [[POSIX]] based on [[Debian]]
| working state = Current
| source model = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|04|10}}
| latest release version = 4.5.1
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|mf=yes|2019|1|28}}
| update model = Rolling Release
| package manager = APT
| supported platforms = [[IA-32|i386 (x86)]], [[x86-64|amd64 (x86-64)]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]]
| kernel type = [[monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]
| userland =
| ui = [[MATE (software)|MATE]] Desktop Environment
| license = [[Free software]], mainly the [[GNU GPL]]
| website = [https://www.parrotsec.org parrotsec.org]
| available in = 75 Languages
}}

'''Parrot Linux''' is a [[Linux distribution]] based on [[Debian]] with a focus on [[computer security]].<ref name="Prabhu, Vijay">{{cite web | url=http://www.techworm.net/2016/10/parrot-security-3-2-cybersloop-ethical-hacking-os-linux-kernel-4-7-released.html | title=Parrot Security 3.2 "CyberSloop" Ethical Hacking OS With Linux Kernel 4.7 Released | publisher=Techworm.net | date=15 October 2016 | accessdate=21 October 2016 | author=Prabhu, Vijay}}</ref> It is designed for [[penetration testing]], [[vulnerability assessment]] and mitigation, [[computer forensics]] and [[anonymous web browsing]]. It is developed by Frank Ruben

== Target ==

ParrotSec is intended to provide a suite of penetration testing tools to be used for attack mitigation, security research, forensics, and vulnerability assessment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/learn/security/parrot-security-could-be-your-next-security-tool|title=Parrot Security Could Be Your Next Security Tool|website=Linux.com {{!}} The source for Linux information|language=en|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref>

== Core ==

Parrot is based on [[Debian]]'s testing branch (Buster), with a custom Linux 4.19 kernel. It follows a [[rolling release]] development model.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=parrotsecurity|title=DistroWatch.com: Parrot Security OS|last=DistroWatch|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref>

The desktop environment is [[MATE (software)|MATE]], and the default display manager is [[LightDM]].<ref name="Prabhu, Vijay"/>

The project is certified to run on devices which have a minimum of 256MB of [[RAM]], and it is suitable for both 32-bit ([[i386]]) and 64-bit ([[amd64]]) processor architectures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fossbytes.com/parrot-security-os-3-0-lithium-kali-linux-alternative-features/|title=Parrot Security OS 3.0 "Lithium" — Best Kali line Alternative Coming With New Features
|author= Adarsh Verma |publisher=fossBytes|date=30 May 2016|accessdate=21 October 2016}}</ref> Moreover, the project is available for ARMv7 ([[ARM architecture|armhf]]) architectures. It even offers an edition (both 32-bit and 64-bit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parrotsec.org/download.fx|title=Downloads Page|publisher=Parrot Security|accessdate=21 October 2016}}</ref> developed specifically for servers to carry out cloud service penetration testing.

In June 2017, ParrotSec announced they were considering to change from Debian to [[Devuan]], mainly because of problems with the highly controversial [[systemd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/parrot-security-os-ethical-hacking-distro-considers-dropping-debian-for-devuan-516384.shtml|title=Parrot Security OS Ethical Hacking Distro Considers Ditching Debian for Devuan; systemd could be the main reason for this decision|author=Marius Nestor|publisher=Softpedia|date=11 June 2017|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>

As of January 21st, 2019, the Parrot Linux team will be phasing out the development of 32-bit ([[i386]]) versions of all future operating systems.

==Other Editions==
Parrot has multiple editions that are based upon [[Debian (operating system)|Debian]], with various [[desktop environment]]s available.

===Parrot Home===

Parrot Home is a special edition of Parrot designed for daily use, and it targets regular users who need a lightweight, always updated and beautiful system on their laptops or workstations.

The distribution has the same look and feel of a regular Parrot environment and includes all the basic programs for daily work. Parrot Home also includes programs to chat privately with people, encrypt documents with the highest cryptographic standards or surf the net in a completely anonymous and secure way.

The system can also be used as a starting point to build a very customized pentesting platform with only the tools you need, or you can use it to build your professional workstation by taking advantage of all the latest and most powerful technologies of Debian without hassle.

===Parrot Studio===

Designed for students, producers, video editing and all related professional multi-media creation. This edition's goals are to provide a reliable workstation for a multi-purpose computing.

===Parrot ARM===

A lightweight Parrot release for embedded systems, aimed for simplicity and portability. Supported hardware brands are Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, Pine64, and Cubieboard.

== Release frequency ==

The development team has not specified any official release timeline, but based on release changelogs and the notes included in the official review of the distribution, the project will be released on a monthly basis.

=== Releases ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Version
! Codename
|-
| 2013-06-10
| The project was started
|
|-
| 2013-06-17
| Parrot 0.1
| Pre-alpha
|-
| 2013-06-22
| Parrot 0.2
| Pre-alpha
|-
| 2013-06-30
| Parrot 0.3
| Pre-alpha
|-
| 2013-07-10
| Parrot 0.4
| Pre-alpha
|-
| 2013-08-22
| Parrot 0.5
| Alpha
|-
| 2013-10-21
| Parrot 0.6
| Alpha
|-
| 2013-11-12
| Parrot 0.6.5
| Alpha
|-
| 2013-12-06
| Parrot 0.7
| Pre-beta
|-
| 2014-01-12
| Parrot 0.8
| Beta
|-
| 2014-01-24
| Parrot 0.8.1
| Beta
|-
| 2014-03-05
| Parrot 0.8.2
| Beta
|-
| 2014-04-17
| Parrot 0.8.4
| Beta
|-
| 2014-06-25
| Parrot 0.9
| Final beta
|-
| 2014-07-21
| Parrot 1.0
| Hydrogen
|-
| 2014-09-02
| Parrot 1.1
| Asphalt Dragon
|-
| 2014-09-11
| Parrot 1.2
| Asphalt Dragon
|-
| 2014-10-22
| Parrot 1.4
| JailBird
|-
| 2014-11-06
| Parrot 1.4.2
| JailBird
|-
| 2014-12-12
| Parrot 1.6
| JailBird
|-
| 2015-02-05
| Parrot 1.7
| CyberLizard
|-
| 2015-02-21
| Parrot 1.8
| CyberLizard
|-
| 2015-04-04
| Parrot 1.9
| CyberLizard
|-
| 2015-09-12
| Parrot 2.0
| Helium
|-
| 2015-09-15
| Parrot 2.0.1
| Helium
|-
| 2015-10-06
| Parrot 2.0.4
| Helium
|-
| 2015-10-17
| Parrot 2.0.5
| Helium
|-
| 2016-01-16
| Parrot 2.1
| Murdock
|-
| 2016-02-25
| Parrot 2.2
| Glitch
|-
|2016-06-18
|Parrot 3.0
|Lithium
|-
|2016-07-26
|Parrot 3.1
|Defcon
|-
|2016-10-15
|Parrot 3.2
|CyberSloop
|-
|2016-12-25
|Parrot 3.3
|CyberBrig
|-
|2017-01-01
|Parrot 3.4
|CyberFrigate
|-
|2017-01-02
|Parrot 3.4.1
|CyberFrigate
|-
|2017-03-08
|Parrot 3.5
|CyberGalleon
|-
|2017-05-18
|Parrot 3.6
|JollyRoger
|-
|2017-07-09
|Parrot 3.7
|JollyRoger
|-
|2017-09-12
|Parrot 3.8
|JollyRoger
|-
|2017-10-15
|Parrot 3.9
|Intruder
|-
|2017-12-15
|Parrot 3.10
|Intruder
|-
| 2018-01-29
| Parrot 3.11
| Intruder
|-
| 2018-05-21
| Parrot 4.0
| stable
|-
| 2018-06-04
| Parrot 4.1
| stable
|-
|2018-09-11
|Parrot 4.22
|stable
|-
| 2018-11-03
|Parrot 4.3
|stable
|-
|2018-11-25
|Parrot 4.4
|stable
|-
|2019-01-21
|Parrot 4.5
|stable
|-
|2019-01-27
|Parrot 4.5.1
|stable
|}

== See also ==
* [[BackBox]]
* [[BlackArch]]
* [[Debian]]
* [[Devuan]]
* [[Kali Linux]]
* [[Security-focused operating system]]

== Notes ==

<references />

== External links ==

*[http://www.parrotsec.org Official Website]
*[http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=parrotsecurity/ Distrowatch]
*[https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/ParrotSecurity Debian Derivatives Census]

{{Linux-distro}}

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[[Category:Computer security software]]
[[Category:Pentesting software toolkits]]

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{{about||the upcoming presidential primaries|Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016|and|Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016}}
The series of '''presidential primary elections and caucuses''' held in each U.S. state and territory is part of the nominating process of [[United States presidential election]]s. This process was never included in the [[United States Constitution]]; it was created over time by the political parties.
Some states only hold [[primary election]]s, some only hold [[caucuses]], and others use a combination of both. These primaries and caucuses are staggered generally between January and June before the general election in November. The primary elections are run by state and local governments, while caucuses are private events that are directly run by the political parties themselves. A state's primary election or caucus is usually an [[indirect election]]: instead of voters directly selecting a particular person running for President, they determine how many delegates each party's [[United States presidential nominating convention|national convention]] will receive from their respective state. These delegates then in turn select their party's presidential nominee.

Each party determines how many delegates are allocated to each state. Along with those delegates chosen during the primaries and caucuses, state delegations to both the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] conventions also include [[unpledged delegate|"unpledged" delegates]], usually current and former elected officeholders and party leaders, who can vote for whoever they want.

This system of presidential primaries and caucuses is somewhat controversial because of its staggered nature. The major advantage is that candidates can concentrate their resources in each area of the country one at a time instead of campaigning in every state simultaneously. However, the overall results may not be representative of the U.S. electorate as a whole: voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and other small states which traditionally hold their primaries and caucuses first usually have a major impact on the races, while voters in California and other large states which traditionally hold their primaries last in June generally end up having no say because the races are usually over by then. As a result, more states vie for earlier primaries to claim a greater influence in the process.

==Process==
Both major political parties of the U.S.—the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]—officially nominate their candidate for President at their respective [[United States presidential nominating convention|national conventions]]. Each of these conventions is attended by a number of [[delegate]]s selected in accordance with the given party's bylaws.

Both parties operate with two types of delegates: pledged and unpledged. The group of unpledged delegates, also known as [[superdelegate]]s, generally comprising current and former elected officeholders and party leaders, are free to vote for any candidate they wish at the convention. The group of pledged delegates, comprising delegates representing the party committee of each state, are expected to vote in accordance with the rules of their state party.

Depending on state law and state party rules, when voters cast ballots for a candidate in a presidential caucus or primary, they may be voting to actually award delegates bound to vote for a particular candidate at the state or national convention, or they may simply be expressing an opinion that the state party is not bound to follow in selecting delegates to the national convention.

In recent elections, the eventual nominees were known well before the actual conventions took place. The last time a major party's nominee was not clear before the convention was in [[United States presidential election, 1976|1976]], when incumbent president [[Gerald Ford]] narrowly defeated [[Ronald Reagan]].

===Types of primaries and caucuses===
[[File:2008 Wash State Democratic Caucus 17B.jpg|thumb|A 2008 Washington state Democratic caucus held in the school lunchroom of Eckstein Middle School in [[Seattle]]. In some states like Washington, voters attend local meetings run by the parties instead of polling places to cast their selections.]]
Franchise in a primary or caucus is governed by rules established by the state party, although the states may impose other regulations.

While most states hold primary elections, a handful of states hold caucuses. Instead of going to a polling place, voters attend local private events run by the political parties, and cast their selections there. The advantage of caucuses is that the state party runs the process directly instead of having the state and local governments run them. The disadvantage is that most election laws do not normally apply to caucuses.<ref name="greenpapers">{{cite web|url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Definitions.html|title=Primary/Caucus/Convention Glossary|work=The Green Papers|accessdate=2012-01-28}}</ref>

Nearly all states have a ''binding'' primary or caucus, in which the results of the election legally ''bind'' some or all of the delegates to vote for a particular candidate at the national convention, for a certain number of ballots or until the candidate releases the delegates. Some binding primaries are ''[[Plurality voting system|winner-take-all]]'' contests, in which all of a state's delegates are required to vote for the same candidate. In a ''proportional vote'', a state's delegation is allocated in proportion to the candidates' percent of the popular vote. In many of those states that have proportional vote primaries, a candidate must meet a certain threshold in the popular vote to be given delegates.

A handful of states practice ''non-binding'' primaries or caucuses, which may select candidates to a state convention, which then in turn selects delegates to the national convention. A couple of states like Iowa have an additional step in their ''non-binding'' primaries or caucuses where voters instead elect delegates to ''county'' conventions. The county conventions then in turn elect delegates to the state conventions, and so on.

In many states, only voters registered with a party may vote in that party's primary, known as a [[closed primary]]. In some states, a semi-closed primary is practiced, in which voters unaffiliated with a party ([[Independent (voter)|independents]]) may choose a party primary in which to vote. In an [[open primary]], any voter may vote in any party's primary. In all of these systems, a voter may participate in only one primary; that is, a voter who casts a vote for a candidate standing for the Republican nomination for president cannot cast a vote for a candidate standing for the Democratic nomination, or vice versa. A few states once staged a [[blanket primary]], in which voters could vote for one candidate in multiple primaries, but the practice was struck down by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] in the 2000 case of ''[[California Democratic Party v. Jones]]'' as violating the [[freedom of assembly]] guaranteed by the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]].<ref>Bruce E. Cain and Elisabeth R. Gerber, ''Voting at the political fault line: California's Experiment with the Blanket Primary''(2002)</ref>

===Delegate selection rules===
Both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party usually modify their delegate selection rules between presidential elections, including how delegates are allocated to each state and territory.

Under the current Democratic Party selection rules, adopted in 2006, delegates are selected under [[proportional representation]], which requires a candidate have a minimum of 15% of a state's popular vote to receive delegates. In addition, the Democratic Party may reject any candidate under their bylaws. Each state publishes a Delegate Selection Plan that notes the mechanics of calculating the number of delegates per [[congressional district]], and how votes are transferred from local conventions to the state and national convention.<ref>[http://a9.g.akamai.net/7/9/8082/v001/democratic1.download.akamai.com/8082/pdfs/2008delegateselectionrules.pdf Delegate Selection Rules]</ref> Since the 2012 Democratic primaries, the number of pledged delegates allocated to each of the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. is based on two main factors: (1) the proportion of votes each state gave to the Democratic candidate in the last three presidential elections, and (2) the number of electoral votes each state has in the [[United States Electoral College]]. States who schedule their primary or caucus later in the primary season may also get additional bonus delegates.<ref name="greenpapersDEMDelegates">{{cite web|url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/D-Alloc.phtml|title=Democratic Detailed Delegate Allocation – 2012|work=The Green Papers|accessdate=2012-01-05}}</ref>

The Republican Party's rules since 2008 leave more discretion to the states in choosing a method of allocating delegates. As a result, states variously applied the statewide winner-take-all method (e.g., [[New York]]), district- and state-level winner-take-all (e.g., [[California]]), or proportional allocation (e.g., [[Massachusetts]]).<ref>[http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/R-DSVE.phtml Republican Delegate Selection and Voter Eligibility]</ref> Changes in the rules before 2012 brought proportional representation to more states. Also, three delegates are allocated for each congressional district. For at-large ones elected statewide, each state gets at least 10, plus additional bonus delegates based on whether it has a Republican governor, it has GOP majorities in one or all chambers of its state legislature, and whether it has GOP majorities in its delegation to the U.S. Congress, among other factors.<ref name="greenpapersGOPDelegates">{{cite web|url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/R-Alloc.phtml|title=Republican Detailed Delegate Allocation – 2012|work=The Green Papers|accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref>

Each party's bylaws also specify which current and former elected officeholders and party leaders qualify as unpledged delegates. Because of possible deaths, resignations, or the results of intervening or special elections, the final number of these superdelegates may not be known until the week of the convention.

==Calendar==
Campaigning for President often begins almost a year before the [[New Hampshire primary]], almost two years before the [[United States presidential election|presidential election]]. This is largely because federal campaign finance laws including the [[Federal Election Campaign Act]] state that a candidate who intends to receive contributions aggregating in excess of $5,000 or make expenditures aggregating in excess of $5,000, among others, must first file a Statement of Candidacy with the [[Federal Election Commission]].<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.fec.gov/press/resources/2016presidential_form2nm.shtml | title=2016 Presidential Form 2 Filers | publisher=Federal Election Commission | accessdate=April 12, 2015}}</ref> Thus, presidential candidates officially announce their intentions to run that early so they can start raising or spending the money needed to mount their nationwide campaigns.<ref name="WAPOST20150403">{{cite web | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/04/03/why-hillary-clinton-might-have-just-two-more-weeks-or-so-to-announce-shes-running-for-president/ | title=Why Hillary Clinton might have just two more weeks or so to announce she’s running for president | author=Jose A. DelReal | work=Washington Post | date=April 3, 2015 | accessdate=April 12, 2015}}</ref>

During the first six months of the year, primaries and caucuses are separately held in each state, [[Puerto Rico]], insular areas, and the [[District of Columbia]], Each party sets its own calendar and rules, and in some cases actually administers the election. However, to reduce expenses and encourage turnout, the major parties' primaries are usually held the same day and may be consolidated with other state elections. The primary election itself is administered by local governments according to state law. In some cases, state law determines how delegates will be awarded and who may participate in the primary; where it does not, party rules prevail.<ref>http://www.gop.com/Images/AllStateSummaries.pdf</ref>

In recent years, states have been holding increasingly early primaries to maximize their leverage (see ''[[#Front-loading and compression|Front-loading and compression]]'' below). In reaction to these moves, both the Democratic and Republican National Committees have tried to impose a [[#Timing adjustment|timing tier system]] of scheduling rules, stripping states of delegates if they move their primaries early. But this still did not prevent a few states from moving their primaries in both 2008 and 2012 anyway.

The election dates for 2016, up to and including [[Super Tuesday]] are as follows:
* February 1: [[Iowa caucus]] (both parties)
* February 9: [[New Hampshire primary]] (both parties)
* February 20: Nevada Democratic caucuses and South Carolina Republican primary
* February 23: Nevada Republican caucuses
* February 27: South Carolina Democratic primary
* March 1: [[Super Tuesday]]: Primaries/caucuses for both parties in several states

===Iowa and New Hampshire===
{{main|Iowa caucuses|New Hampshire primary}}
[[File:Iowa City Caucus.jpg|thumb|A 2008 Democratic caucus meeting in [[Iowa City, Iowa]]. The [[Iowa caucuses]] are traditionally the first major electoral event of presidential primaries and caucuses.]]
The first binding event, in which a candidate can secure convention delegates, is traditionally the [[Iowa caucus]], usually held in January of the presidential election year. It is generally followed by the New Hampshire primary, the first primary by tradition since 1920 and by New Hampshire state law. New Hampshire law states the primary shall be held "on the Tuesday at least seven days immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election." The Iowa caucuses are not considered to be "a similar election" under New Hampshire's law because the former uses caucuses instead of primary elections. Should any other state move its primary too close to New Hampshire's, or before, the New Hampshire Secretary of State is required to reschedule the primary accordingly.<ref>http://www.nh.gov/nhinfo/genesis.html</ref>

In recent elections, the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary have garnered over half the media attention paid to the entire selection process.<ref name="LATimes20120105">{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/05/opinion/la-oe-mellman-iowa-and-new-hampshire-still-matter-20120105 | title=Iowa and New Hampshire: It's win one or go home | first=Mark | last=Mellman | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=January 5, 2012 | accessdate=February 3, 2012 | quote=Historically, Iowa and New Hampshire account for about half the news media coverage of the entire primary season, with the winners absorbing the lion's share of the attention}}</ref> After Iowa and New Hampshire, the front runners then attempt to solidify their status, while the others fight to become #2.<ref>Scala (2003)</ref>

Because these states are small, campaigning takes place on a much more personal scale. As a result, even a little-known, underfunded candidate can use "retail politics" to meet intimately with interested voters and perform better than expected. The Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary have produced a number of headline-making upsets in history:<ref>Sacala (2003)</ref>
* [[Harry S. Truman]] ended his re-election bid in 1952 after losing the New Hampshire primary.<ref>[http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=244690 New Hampshire Primary CBS News broadcast from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive]</ref>
* [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]] dropped his 1968 reelection bid after performing far below expectations in the New Hampshire primary.
* In the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1972|1972 Democratic primaries]], [[George McGovern]] was initially considered a [[dark horse]] but he had better-than-expected second-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire and eventually won the nomination; frontrunner [[Edmund Muskie]] who won both contests instead lost momentum.
* [[George H. W. Bush]] won the Iowa caucus in 1980, leading him to claim that he had "Big Mo" (momentum) over frontrunner [[Ronald Reagan]], however Reagan won the New Hampshire and several other key primaries to take the nomination. However, in the 1988 Republican presidential nomination, Bush, serving as Reagan's vice president, unexpectedly finished third in Iowa which [[Bob Dole]] won. Dole was also leading in New Hampshire polls but ended up losing that primary as he failed to counterattack ads from Bush; Bush had no serious trouble clinching the nomination afterward.
* [[Gary Hart]] was initially not considered a serious contender in 1984, which featured former Vice President [[Walter Mondale]] as the frontrunner. However, Hart had a respectable showing in Iowa and then stunned Mondale in New Hampshire, the latter where Hart had started campaigning months earlier. This resulted in a long primary battle, with Mondale eventually emerging as the nominee after Super Tuesday III.
* [[Pat Buchanan]]'s 2nd place showing in the 1992 and win in the 1996 New Hampshire primaries coincided with the weakness of the future nominees, incumbent [[George H. W. Bush]], and Senator [[Bob Dole]] respectively, Bush and Dole subsequently lost the general election.
* In 1992, then Governor [[Bill Clinton]]'s better-than-expected second-place finish in New Hampshire salvaged his campaign and he went on to win the nomination, following on to be elected President with a 43% plurality.
* Senator [[John McCain]] upset [[George W. Bush]] in the New Hampshire primary in [[United States presidential election, 2000|2000]], Bush's frontrunner campaign had initially not expected serious opposition after other potential candidates like [[Elizabeth Dole]] and [[Dan Quayle]] decided not to run. McCain's new-found momentum ended after his defeat in the South Carolina primary (see below), and though he pulled out wins in Michigan and his home state of Arizona, his campaign was ended by Super Tuesday.
* In the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004#Iowa caucus|2004 primaries]], [[John Kerry]], whose campaign had been sagging in prior months, won the Iowa caucus while [[John Edwards]] unexpectedly finished second, over heavily favored [[Howard Dean]] and [[Richard Gephardt]] (the latter two had been trading negative attacks in the weeks leading up to the vote). Gephardt immediately ended his campaign, while Dean's [[Howard Dean#Iowa_Caucus_setback_and_the_.22Dean_Scream.22_media_gaffe|post-concession speech]] drew negative attention. Kerry went on to overcome Dean's initial lead in New Hampshire to win that primary, and eventually the Democratic presidential nomination.
* In 2008, frontrunner [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]], whose campaign initially banked on a knockout victory in Iowa, unexpectedly finished third in that caucus behind winner [[Barack Obama]] and [[John Edwards]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/politics/08recon.html?pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | first1=Peter | last1=Baker | first2=Jim | last2=Rutenberg | title=The Long Road to a Clinton Exit | date=June 8, 2008}}</ref> Clinton then pulled off a comeback victory in New Hampshire where Obama had been leading the polls. Although Obama and Clinton were largely well matched in most of the subsequent primaries, Obama's better organization and uncontested caucus victories were crucial to his winning the Democratic nomination.
* In 2008, [[John McCain]], initially struggling among Republican contenders in 2007, decided to skip Iowa and concentrate on New Hampshire (the same primary where he had unexpectedly triumphed back in 2000) and McCain's win rejuvenated his presidential campaign and he became the Republican nominee. Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, two candidates who had each led in the polls in 2007, did not perform as expected in Iowa and New Hampshire.
* In 2012, [[Mitt Romney]] was initially reported to be the first Republican ''non-incumbent'' presidential candidate, since the Iowa caucus started in 1976, to win both the Iowa caucus (albeit, by an 8-vote margin over [[Rick Santorum]]) and New Hampshire primary.<ref>[http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Recent+history+primaries+suggests+Mitt+Romney+race+lose/5976931/story.html]</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/mitt-romney-tries-to-make-history-in-iowa-and-new-hampshire/2011/12/28/gIQAoCdTNP_blog.html | work=The Washington Post | first1=Chris | last1=Cillizza | first2=Aaron | last2=Blake | title=Mitt Romney tries to make history in Iowa and New Hampshire | date=December 29, 2011}}</ref> However a final count released by the Iowa state party sixteen days after the caucus contest reported Santorum as the winner by 34 votes over Romney, but by then Romney had already won New Hampshire by a comfortable margin.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/report-santorum-finished-34-votes-ahead-of-romney-in-new-iowa-tally-votes-from-8-precincts-missing/2012/01/19/gIQAJGuRAQ_story.html | work=The Washington Post | first1=David A. | last1=Fahrenthold | first2=Debbi | last2=Wilgoren | title=Santorum finished 34 votes ahead of Romney in new Iowa tally; votes from 8 precincts missing | date=January 20, 2012}}</ref>

===South Carolina===
For the Republicans, the [[South Carolina primary]] is considered a "firewall" to protect establishment favorites and frontrunners in the presidential nomination race, being designed to stop the momentum of insurgent candidates who could have received a boost from strong showings in Iowa and New Hampshire.<ref>http://www.gwu.edu/~action/states/scprimresults.html</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Scherer |first=Michael |url=http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1701639,00.html |title=Huckabee Looks to South Carolina |publisher=TIME |date=2008-01-09 |accessdate=2012-01-05}}</ref> From its inception in 1980 through the [[Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008|election of 2008]], the winner of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary has gone on to win the nomination.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rudin |first=Ken |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18147641 |title=South Carolina's Role as GOP Kingmaker |publisher=NPR |date=2008-01-16 |accessdate=2012-01-05}}</ref> In the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012|2012 Republican primaries]], [[Newt Gingrich]] initially finished poorly in the early states, but then scored an upset victory in South Carolina over frontrunner [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/01/31/us-votes-florida-republican-primary.html | work=CBC News | title=Romney routs Gingrich in Florida | date=February 1, 2012}}</ref> However, after suffering a decisive defeat to Romney in Florida, Gingrich's campaign was relegated back to third place and left [[Rick Santorum]] as the main challenger.

===Super Tuesday===
[[Super Tuesday]] is the Tuesday in February or March when the greatest number of states hold primary elections. Because it is held in various states from geographically and socially diverse regions of the country, it typically represents a presidential candidate's first test of national electability. More delegates can be won on Super Tuesday than on any other single day of the primary calendar, thus convincing wins during this day have usually propelled candidates to their party's nomination.

==History==
There is no provision for the role of political parties in the [[United States Constitution]]. Before 1820, [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] members of Congress would nominate a single candidate from their party. That system collapsed in 1824, and since 1832 the preferred mechanism for nomination has been a [[United States presidential nominating convention|national convention]].<ref>James S. Chase; ''Emergence of the Presidential Nominating Convention, 1789–1832'' (1973)</ref>

Delegates to the national convention were usually selected at state conventions whose own delegates were chosen by district conventions. Sometimes they were dominated by intrigue between [[political boss]]es who controlled delegates; the national convention was far from democratic or transparent. [[Progressive Era]] reformers looked to the [[primary election]] as a way to measure popular opinion of candidates, as opposed to the opinion of the bosses. In 1910, Oregon became the first state to establish a presidential preference primary, which requires delegates to the National Convention to support the winner of the primary at the convention. By 1912, twelve states either selected delegates in primaries, used a preferential primary, or both. By 1920 there were 20 states with primaries, but some went back, and from 1936 to 1968, 12 states used them.

The primary received its first major test in the [[United States presidential election, 1912|1912 election]] pitting incumbent President [[William Howard Taft]] against challengers [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[Robert M. La Follette Sr.|Robert La Follette]]. Roosevelt proved the most popular candidate, but as most primaries were non-binding "preference" shows and held in only fourteen of the-then forty-eight states, the Republican nomination went to Taft, who controlled the convention.

Seeking to boost [[voter turnout]], [[New Hampshire]] simplified its [[ballot access]] laws in 1949. In the ensuing "beauty contest" of 1952, Republican [[Dwight Eisenhower]] demonstrated his broad voter appeal by out-polling the favored [[Robert A. Taft]], "Mr. Republican." Also, Democrat [[Estes Kefauver]] defeated incumbent President [[Harry S. Truman]], leading the latter to decide not to run for another term.<ref>Paul T. David. ''Presidential Nominating Politics in 1952.'' (1954) Volume: 1: pp 37–40.</ref>
The first-in-the-nation [[New Hampshire primary]] has since become a widely-observed test of candidates' viability.

The impetus for national adoption of the binding primary election was the chaotic [[1968 Democratic National Convention]]. Vice President [[Hubert Humphrey]] secured the nomination despite not winning a single primary under his own name. After this, a [[Democratic National Committee]]-commissioned panel led by Senator [[George McGovern]] – the [[McGovern–Fraser Commission]] – recommended that states adopt new rules to assure wider participation. A large number of states, faced with the need to conform to more detailed rules for the selection of national delegates, chose a presidential primary as an easier way to come into compliance with the new national Democratic Party rules. The result was that many more future delegates would be selected by a state presidential primary. The Republicans also adopted many more state presidential primaries.

With the broadened use of the primary system, states have tried to increase their influence in the nomination process. One tactic has been to create geographic blocs to encourage candidates to spend time in a region. [[Vermont]] and [[Massachusetts]] attempted to stage a joint [[New England]] primary on the first Tuesday of March, but New Hampshire refused to participate so it could retain its traditional place as the first primary. The first successful regional primary was [[Super Tuesday]] of March 8, 1988, in which nine [[Southern United States|Southern]] states united in the hope that the Democrats would select a candidate in line with Southern interests.<ref>Laurence W. Moreland, et al. ''The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics'' (1991) pp 3–20</ref> It failed as all but two of the eight major candidates won at least one primary on that day.

Another trend is to stage earlier and earlier primaries, given impetus by Super Tuesday and the mid-1990s move (since repealed) of the [[California]] primary and its bloc of votes—the largest in the nation—from June to March. To retain its tradition as the first primary in the country (and adhere to a state law which requires it to be), New Hampshire moved their primary forward, from early March to early January.

A major reason why states try to increase their influence, and vie for earlier primaries, is because in recent years the races were usually over before the primary season ended in June. For example, [[John McCain]] officially clinched the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008|2008 Republican presidential nomination]] in March,<ref name="cnn030408">{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/04/march.4.gop/index.html | title= McCain wins GOP nomination | publisher=CNN | date=2008-03-04 | accessdate=2012-07-08}}</ref> while during that same month [[Barack Obama]] held an insurmountable lead in pledged delegates in the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008|Democratic Party primaries]].<ref name="narrowpath">{{cite news |last=Nagourney |first=Adam |title=Clinton Facing Narrower Path to Nomination |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/us/politics/20memo.html |work=New York Times |date=2008-03-20 |accessdate=2012-07-08}}</ref> In 2012, Obama faced no major challenger in the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2012|Democratic Party primaries]] since he had the advantage of incumbency ''([[#Advantage of incumbency|see below]])'', while [[Mitt Romney]] gained enough delegates to be declared the ''presumptive'' [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012|Republican nominee]] by late April.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-rnc-officially-names-mitt-romney-the-partys-presumptive-nominee-20120425,0,790798.story|title=RNC officially names Mitt Romney the party's 'presumptive nominee'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 24, 2012|accessdate=April 24, 2012|first=Michael A.|last=Memoli}}</ref>

In 2012, both the [[Florida Republican primary, 2012|Republicans]] and the Democrats moved their Florida primary to January 31, which was an earlier date than past election cycles. In response, other states also changed their primary election dates for 2012, in order to claim a greater influence, creating a cascade of changes in other states. This followed what happened in 2008 when Nevada moved its caucuses to January, causing other states to also move its primaries to earlier dates.

Both parties then enacted stricter timing rules for 2016: primaries and caucuses cannot start until February 1; and only Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada are entitled to February contests.

===In U.S. territories===
The primary and caucus system is the only method in which voters in [[Puerto Rico]], [[Guam]], and other [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territories]] can have a say in the presidential race. Under the U.S. Constitution, U.S. territories are not represented in the [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]], and thus voters residing in those areas are basically ineligible to vote in the general election. On the other hand, as stated above, the primaries and caucuses were largely created by the political parties. Both the Democratic and Republican parties, as well as other third parties, eventually agreed to let these territories participate in the presidential nomination process.<ref>{{cite web | title=Nominating, but not voting for president | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24839059/ns/politics-decision_08/t/nominating-not-voting-president/ | publisher=MSNBC | first=Tom | last=Curry | date=2008-05-28 | accessdate=2012-02-15}}</ref>

===Advantage of incumbency===
An incumbent President seeking re-election usually faces no opposition during their respective party's primaries, especially if they are still popular. For Presidents [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Bill Clinton]], [[George W. Bush]] and [[Barack Obama]], their respective paths to nomination became uneventful and the races become merely ''[[pro forma]]''. Serious challenges are rare, but then generally presage disaster during the general election in the fall. During the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 1976|1976 Republican Party primaries]], then-former California Governor Reagan carried 23 states while running against incumbent President [[Gerald Ford]]; Ford then went on to lose the Presidential election to [[Jimmy Carter]]. Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] then carried 12 states while running against Carter during the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1980|1980 Democratic Party primaries]]; Reagan then defeated Carter in the fall. [[Pat Buchanan]] captured a decent percentage of the national popular vote against [[George H.W. Bush]] during the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 1992|1992 Republican primaries]], but only received a handful of delegates; Bush too subsequently went on to lose in the general election to Clinton.

==Criticisms==
===Representativeness===
Because they are the states that traditionally hold their respective contests first, the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary usually attract the most media attention;<ref name="LATimes20120105"/> however, critics, such as Mississippi Secretary of State Eric Clark and Tennessee Senator William Brock, point out that these states are not representative of the United States as a whole: they are overwhelmingly [[white (people)|white]], more rural, and wealthier than the national average, and neither is in the fast-growing [[Western United States|West]] or [[Southern United States|South]].

Conversely, states that traditionally hold their primaries in June, like [[California]] (the [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|most populous]] state overall) and [[New Jersey]] (the [[List of U.S. states by population density|most densely populated]] state), usually end up having no say in who the presidential candidate will be. As [[#History|stated above]], the races were usually over well before June. California and New Jersey moved their primaries to February for the 2008 election, but in 2012 both states ended up moving them back to June.

In 2005, the primary commission of the Democratic National Committee began considering removing Iowa and New Hampshire from the top of the calendar, but this proposal never gained approval, so those two states remain as the first two contests. New Hampshire also fought back by obliging candidates who wanted to campaign in the state to pledge to uphold that primary as the first one.

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===Front-loading and compression===
States vie for earlier primaries to claim greater influence in the nomination process, as the early primaries can act as a signal to the nation, showing which candidates are popular and giving those who perform well early on the advantage of the [[bandwagon effect]]. Also, candidates can ignore primaries that fall after the nomination has already been secured, and would owe less to those states politically. As a result, rather than stretching from March to July, most primaries take place in a compressed time frame in February and March. National party leaders also have an interest in compressing the primary calendar, as it enables the party to reduce the chance of a bruising internecine battle and to preserve resources for the general campaign.

In such a primary season, however, many primaries will fall on the same day, forcing candidates to choose where to spend their time and resources. Indeed, [[Super Tuesday]] was created deliberately to increase the influence of the South. When states cannot agree to coordinate primaries, however, attention flows to larger states with large numbers of delegates at the expense of smaller ones. Because the candidate's time is limited, paid advertising may play a greater role. Moreover, a compressed calendar limits the ability of lesser-known candidates to corral resources and raise their visibility among voters, especially when a better-known candidate enjoys the financial and institutional backing of the party establishment.<ref name="WilliamBock">{{cite journal | first = | last = | title = http://www.centerforpolitics.org/reform/report_nominating.htm}}</ref>

In an article from ''Detroit News'', Tennessee Senator [[Bill Brock|William (Bill) Brock]] said about front-loading, "Today, too many people in too many states have no voice in the election of our major party nominees. For them, the nominations are over before they have begun."<ref name="WilliamBock" />

==Reform proposals==
There are several proposals for reforming the primary system. Some have called for a single nationwide primary to be held on one day. Others point out that requiring candidates to campaign in every state simultaneously would exacerbate the purported problem of campaigns being dominated by the candidates who raise the most money. The following proposals attempt to return the primary system to a more relaxed schedule, and would help less-funded candidates by lowering the cost of entry.

===Graduated random presidential primary system (American Plan)===
One reform concept is the [[Graduated Random Presidential Primary System|graduated random presidential primary system]], variations of which have been referred to as the American Plan or the California Plan. This plan starts with small primaries, and gradually moves up to larger ones, in 10 steps, with states chosen at random. The idea is that fewer initial primaries, typically in smaller states, would allow grassroots campaigns to score early successes and pick up steam. However, since states are chosen at random, travel costs may still be significant.

===Delaware Plan===
A commission empaneled by the Republican National Committee recommended the [[Delaware Plan]] in 2000. This plan had states grouped by size into four groups, with the smallest primaries first, then the next-smallest, and so on. Populous states objected to the plan, however, because it would have always scheduled their primaries at the end of the season. Other criticisms included the wide geographic range of the states, necessitating high travel costs. The Delaware Plan was put to vote at [[Republican National Convention]] of 2000 and rejected.

===Rotating regional primary system===
The [[National Association of Secretaries of State]] has endorsed a [[Rotating Regional Primary System|rotating regional primary system]], with the country split into four regions: the West, the Midwest, the South, and the Northeast.<ref>[http://www.nass.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=210 nass.org]</ref> Unlike the Delaware Plan and the American Plan, the Rotating Regional Primary System would lower campaigning costs by restricting groups of primaries to single, contiguous regions.

Author and political scientist [[Larry J. Sabato]] is also a proponent of this plan, but his proposal would have the order of regional primaries determined by lottery on January 1 of each presidential election year instead of on a rotating basis. In addition, his plan would allow for a few small population states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, to hold their primaries in advance of the first region.

Criticisms of the regional plan include the higher entry costs than the other plans (since 1/4 of the country would vote in the first regional), and the political bias of certain regions (the South or the Northeast) unduly influencing the selection of a nominee.

===Interregional primary plan===
In the [[Interregional Primary Plan|interregional primary plan]], the country is divided into geographical regions. On each primary date from March to June, one state from each of six regions votes. Each election date would contain a wide variety of perspectives. The order of the states in each region is set by a lottery. In a 24-year cycle, every state would have a chance to be among the first primary states. The primary criticism of this plan is that travel costs would be quite high: in each round, candidates would essentially have to cover the entire country to campaign effectively. Contrary to most reform plans, this would reduce the ability of lesser-funded candidates to build up from small contests to large ones.<ref>[http://www.fairvote.org/?page=2072 FairVote – Interregional Primary Plan]</ref>

===National primary===
A [[National Primary|national primary]] has been proposed, a single day on which all state primaries and caucuses would be held, with over 120 bills offered in Congress.<ref>{{cite book | title = What Role for Government?: Lessons from Policy Research | year= 1983 | publisher = Duke University Press | isbn= 0-8223-0481-3 | author = Zeckhauser Richard J, Leebaert Derek | pages=46}}</ref>

===Timing adjustment===
In the 2008 Republican primary, states that ran early primaries were punished by a reduction of 50% in the number of delegates they could send to the national convention. Extension of this idea would set timing tiers, under which states that ran earlier primaries would send proportionally fewer delegates to the national convention, and states that waited would get a higher proportional number of delegates to the convention. For example, the party allowed primaries before March 1 to send 40% of delegates; those during March could send 60%; those during April could send 80%; those during May could send 100%; and those during June could send 120%.

The effect of such a plan would be clumping of primaries at the beginning of each month. It would still allow states to determine the timing of their own primaries, while giving them some incentive to hold primaries later. The disadvantage of the timing adjustment method is that it does not reduce travel time as the regional plans do, although it does permit regional groups of states to voluntarily clump together in a single superprimary as they have done in the past.

In practice, however, this timing tier system did not prevent states from moving their primaries in 2008 and 2012. For example, during the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012|2012 Republican primary]], Florida and several other states still moved their primaries to earlier dates despite being penalized delegates.

Both parties then enacted more severe penalties in 2016 for violating their timing rules. For Republicans, states with more than 30 delegates that violate the timing rules will be deprived of all their delegates but nine; states with less than 30 will be reduced to six.<ref name="hill rnc">{{cite news | last=Joseph | first=Cameron | url=http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/196353-rnc-tightens-2016-primary-calendar-rules | title=RNC tightens 2016 primary calendar, rules | work=The Hill | date=January 1, 2014 | accessdate=June 11, 2015}}</ref> For Democrats, states violating these rules will be penalized half of their pledged delegates and all of their unpledged delegates.<ref name="greenpapersDEMDelegates" />

==Lists of primaries==
{{main|Democratic Party presidential primaries|Republican Party presidential primaries}}

==See also==
* [[United States presidential election debates]]
* [[United States Electoral College]]
* [[Ames Straw Poll|Ames (Iowa) Straw Poll]] on a Saturday in August prior to the election year, from 1979 to 2011.
* [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016]]
* [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016]]

== Notes ==
{{reflist|3}}

== References ==
* Brereton Charles. ''First in the Nation: New Hampshire and the Premier Presidential Primary''. Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publishers, 1987.
* Kendall, Kathleen E. ''Communication in the Presidential Primaries: Candidates and the Media, 1912–2000'' (2000)
* Hugh, Gregg. [http://www.state.nh.us/nhinfo/genesis.html "First-In-The-Nation Presidential Primary"], ''State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court'', (Department of State) No.55, 1997.
* Palmer, Niall A. ''The New Hampshire Primary and the American Electoral Process'' (1997)
* [http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/139096 "Reid, labor aided Nevada with Demos"], Arizona Daily Star, July 24, 2006.
* Sabato, Larry, [http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2006/summer/sabato-politics-americas/ Politics: America's Missing Constitutional Link], ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', Summer 2006, 149–61.
* Scala, Dante J. ''Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics'' (2003)
* Ware, Alan. ''The American Direct Primary: Party Institutionalization and Transformation in the North'' (2002), a British perspective

== External links ==
* [http://www.fairvote.org/?page=1801 List of States by primary type]
* [http://onedayonevote.com Petition for An American National Primary and dialog about election reform]

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Edward Kleban

2015-10-20T02:31:36Z

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'''Edward “Ed” Kleban''' (April 30, 1939 - December 28, 1987) was an American [[musical theatre]] [[composer]] and [[lyricist]].

Kleban was born in the Bronx, New York in 1939 and graduated from New York's [[High School of Music & Art]] and [[Columbia University]], where he attended with future playwright [[Terrance McNally]].<ref name="kaufman">{{cite news| title=His Lyrics Made It to Broadway, Now His Songs| publisher=NYTimes.com| work=New York Times| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/11/theater/theater-his-lyrics-made-it-to-broadway-now-his-songs.html?ref=edwardkleban| author=David Kaufman| date=March 11, 2001| accessdate=2011-03-11|}}</ref> Kleban is best known as lyricist of the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] hit ''[[A Chorus Line]]''. He and composer [[Marvin Hamlisch]] won the 1976 [[Tony Award]] for Best Original Score, and he shared the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] in 1976 with Hamlisch and three other contributors to the musical. The one-woman [[Phyllis Newman]] show, ''[[The Madwoman of Central Park West]]'' (1979), featured a few tunes with his lyrics. For several years he worked at [[Columbia Records]], where he produced albums by performers as diverse as [[Igor Stravinsky]] and [[Percy Faith]]<ref name="Profile 2001">{{cite episode| network=NPR| title=Looking at Ed Kleban, Broadway songwriter, and ''A Class Act'', the musical about his life| airdate=10 March 2001| url=http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=7&prgDate=3-10-2001| series=Weekend Edition Saturday| accessdate=2011-03-11}}</ref> and the album for the Off-Broadway musical ''[[Now Is The Time For All Good Men (musical)|Now Is The Time For All Good Men]].'' He was a teacher for many years at the BMI ([[Broadcast Music Incorporated]]) Musical Theater Workshop.<ref name="times">{{cite news| work=New York Times| publisher=NYTimes.com| url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/30/obituaries/edward-kleban-48-chorus-line-lyricist.html| title=Edward Kleban, 48, 'Chorus Line' Lyricist| date=December 30, 1987| accessdate=2011-03-11}}</ref>

Kleban died of complications from [[Esophageal cancer|throat cancer]] on December 28, 1987 at [[St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center|St. Vincent's Hospital]] in New York.<ref name=times/>

In his will, Kleban established the Kleban Foundation which grants annual awards, each in the amount of $100,000 over two years, to the most promising librettist and lyricist in American musical theatre. The awards are administered by BMI.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233232 Kleban Awards| publisher=bmi.com| date=6 June 2001| accessdate=2011-03-11| title=Kleban Awards}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| author=Andrew Gans| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117311| title=Lindsay-Abaire Snags Kleban Award for Lyrics; Harrington, Solly and Ward Also Honored| work=Playbill| publisher=playbill.com| date=1 May 2008| accessdate=2011-03-11}}</ref> His will also granted rights to his collection of unpublished songs to friends [[Avery Corman]] and [[Wendy Wasserstein]] with the request that they incorporate them into a new musical. Their attempts failed and the rights reverted to Kleban's longtime companion, librettist [[Linda Kline]]. Kline sought someone who did not know or work with Kleban, but who would learn about him through the material. She admired previous work of [[Lonny Price]] and sought him as a collaborator.<ref name="kaufman"/><ref name="Profile 2001"/>

After six years of work, with Price and Kline as co-authors, Price directed and played the role of Ed in ''[[A Class Act]]'', a musical biography of Kleban with a score consisting of songs he wrote for numerous unproduced musicals. After a two-month run at the [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], it transferred to the [[Ambassador Theatre (New York)|Ambassador Theatre]] on March 10, 2001 and ran for three additional months. Almost 14 years after his death, Kleban earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score and [[Drama Desk Award|Drama Desk]] nominations for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics.<ref name="weber">{{cite news| title=What a Songwriter Couldn't Do in Life, Friends Have Done| author=Bruce Weber| date=12 March 2001| work=New York Times| publisher=NYTimes.com| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/12/theater/theater-review-what-a-songwriter-couldn-t-do-in-life-friends-have-done.html?ref=edwardkleban|}}</ref><ref name="ibdb">{{cite web| title=A Class Act| date=| accessdate=2011-03-11| publisher=ibdb.com| url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12818|}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.edwardkleban.com EdwardKleban.com]
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* {{IMDb name|458505}}
* [http://www.nypl.org/archives/4460 Edward Kleban papers, 1960-1986], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts]]

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Freestyler

2014-02-02T21:36:34Z

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{{Infobox single
| Name = Freestyler
| Cover = Bomfunk_-_Freestyler.jpg
| Artist = [[Bomfunk MC's]]
| from Album = [[In Stereo]]
| Released = October 1999 (Finland) 14 February 2000 (Worldwide)
| Format = CD Single, 12"
| Recorded = 1999
| Genre = [[Nu skool breaks|Nu breaks]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[breakbeat]], [[big beat]]
| Length = 5:06
| Label = [[Sony]]/Epidrome
| Writer = [[Raymond Ebanks]], [[JS16|Jaakko Salovaara]]
| Producer =
| Certification = Silver ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]])
| Last single = "B-Boys & Flygirls" (1999)
| This single = "'''Freestyler'''" (1999)
| Next single = "Other Emcee's" (1999)
}}

'''"Freestyler"''' is a single by [[Finland|Finnish]] [[breakbeat]] band [[Bomfunk MC's]]. It was released in October 1999 in Finland as the third single from their debut [[studio album]] ''[[In Stereo]]''. It was released in February 2000 internationally and was a worldwide success, topping the charts in [[Sverigetopplistan|Sweden]], [[Media Control Charts|Germany]], [[ARIA Charts|Australia]], [[VG-lista|Norway]], [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand]], [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austria]], [[Swiss Music Charts|Switzerland]], [[Türkiye Top 20|Turkey]], [[Ultratop 50|Belgium]], the [[Dutch Top 40|Netherlands]] and [[Federation of the Italian Music Industry|Italy]]. It also peaked at number two in [[Tracklisten|Denmark]] and the [[UK Singles Chart|United Kingdom]].

== Composition ==
"Freestyler" is primarily a [[hip hop music|hip hop]] song, although it is strongly influenced by [[electronic dance music]] such as [[breakbeat]] and [[House music|house]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ashare|first=Matt|title=Reviews|journal=[[CMJ#CMJ New Music Monthly|CMJ New Music Monthly]]|date=April 2001|issue=91|pages=67|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yyoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=July 22, 2012|publisher=[[CMJ|CMJ Network]]|issn=1074-6978}}</ref>

==Music video==
The music video was mainly filmed at the [[Hakaniemi metro station]],<ref>Dr. Giacomo Bottà – [[University of Helsinki]], [http://www.helsinki.fi/iehc2006/papers3/Botta.pdf Popular Culture and Urban Creativity in Helsinki and Berlin], 2006–08.</ref> an underground station on the [[Helsinki Metro]] line, in [[Finland]] and with platforms 21 metres below sea level. The principal “home boy” featured in the video is Marlo Snellman, a Finnish model and musician who later released his own single entitled "Dust" and today is working as producer for his own projects such as “Hipsters”<ref>Marlo Snellman's band Hipster on Myspace, [http://www.myspace.com/hipstersmusic].</ref> and "Okta".<ref>Marlo Snellman as Okta on Myspace, [http://www.myspace.com/okta].</ref> The actor was only fifteen at the time of shooting and got the part through his mother, Finnish modelling [[business magnate|magnate]] [[Laila Snellman|Laila Snellman]].<ref>Website, [http://www.torbenhoyer.dk/marlo.html Marlo Snellman].</ref> Marlo Snellman appears briefly in another Bomfunk MC's music video, "B-Boys & Flygirls".{{citation needed}}

The video begins with Snellman catching a train while listening to “Freestyler” on his [[MiniDisc]] (Sony MZ-R55) player. A character sits across him in the train, who is played by [[Raymond Ebanks]] (B.O. Dubb), the lead singer of the Bomfunk MC's, and who imbues Snellman with the power to control the flow of time for one or a group of individuals. Realising this ability, Snellman spends the duration of the video pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding dancers and people on his journey until coming across the Bomfunk MC's, upon whom the remote control does not work; the whole video is then sent into a rapid rewind back to the beginning. The music video may be inspired by{{OR|date=December 2012}} and seems to use similar themes as [[Ferry Corsten]]’s 1999 "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgx_V0So0qk Out of the blue]" music video.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgx_V0So0qk YouTube]</ref> The music video is a play on themes of empowerment, with the power of the music being transferred to and in the end taken from Snellman by Ebanks.

The music video was later parodied by the hip hop group [[Raptori]] for their song ''Hiphopmusiikkia''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5hBVj6yyDE | title = Raptori – Hiphopmusiikkia | accessdate = {{date|2012-12-15}} }}</ref> In 2011 the beginning scene was also remade in the music video for a [[DJ RZY]] release ''Tervetuloo Helsinkiin''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-EcUYZZYSs | title = DJ RZY feat. VA - Tervetuloo Helsinkiin | accessdate = {{date|2013-10-18}} }}</ref>

==Track listing==
;CD maxi – Europe (2000)
# "Freestyler" (Radio Edit) – 2:52
# "Freestyler" (Alternative Radio Edit) – 4:07
# "Freestyler" (Happy Mickey Mouse Mix) – 4:48
# "Freestyler" (Missing Link Remix) – 5:40

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (2000)
! Peak position
|-
{{Singlechart|Australia|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Flanders|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Wallonia|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
|Denmark ([[IFPI Denmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite journal|date=4 March 2000|title=Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 03/04/2000 |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media]]|volume=112|issue=10|page=65|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{Singlechart|Finland|4|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|France|8|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Germany|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|author=Jaclyn Ward – Fireball Media Group – http://www.fireballmedia.ie |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know |publisher=Irishcharts.ie |date= |accessdate=2012-02-16}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
{{Singlechart|Italy|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Dutch40|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Spain|7|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Swiss|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
|United Kingdom ([[The Official Charts Company]])<ref name="uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=28388|title=Bomfunk Mc's – Freestyler – UK Singles Chart|date=2010-02-09|work=[[The Official Charts Company]]|publisher=ChartStats|accessdate=2009-11-05|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/67A9sRcPf|archivedate=2012-04-24}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
|style="text-align:center;"|47
|}

===Decade-end charts===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! (2000–2009)
! Position
|-
|Germany ([[Media Control Charts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html |title=Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download |publisher=RTL.de |date= |accessdate=2012-02-16}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|31
|}

===Chart successions===
{{s-start}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Spinning Around]]" by [[Kylie Minogue]]
| title = [[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = July 9, 2000 – July 23, 2000
| after = "[[I'm Outta Love]]" by [[Anastacia]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] number one single (first run)
| years = 10 September 2000
| after = "[[Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] number one single (second run)
| years = 24 September 2000
| after = "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
}}
{{s-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{MetroLyrics song|bomfunk-mcs|freestyler}}

{{Bomfunk MC's}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Freestyler (Song)}}
[[Category:1999 singles]]
[[Category:Singles certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Austria]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Italy]]
[[Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Sweden]]
[[Category:Singles certified gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]

Freestyler

2014-02-02T21:27:15Z

Cup o' Java: /* Music video */ changed link to Finnish site to redlink

{{Infobox single
| Name = Freestyler
| Cover = Bomfunk_-_Freestyler.jpg
| Artist = [[Bomfunk MC's]]
| from Album = [[In Stereo]]
| Released = October 1999 (Finland) 14 February 2000 (Worldwide)
| Format = CD Single, 12"
| Recorded = 1999
| Genre = [[Nu skool breaks|Nu breaks]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[breakbeat]], [[big beat]]
| Length = 5:06
| Label = [[Sony]]/Epidrome
| Writer = [[Raymond Ebanks]], [[JS16|Jaakko Salovaara]]
| Producer =
| Certification = Silver ([[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]])
| Last single = "B-Boys & Flygirls" (1999)
| This single = "'''Freestyler'''" (1999)
| Next single = "Other Emcee's" (1999)
}}

'''"Freestyler"''' is a single by [[Finland|Finnish]] [[breakbeat]] band [[Bomfunk MC's]]. It was released in October 1999 in Finland as the third single from their debut [[studio album]] ''[[In Stereo]]''. It was released in February 2000 internationally and was a worldwide success, topping the charts in [[Sverigetopplistan|Sweden]], [[Media Control Charts|Germany]], [[ARIA Charts|Australia]], [[VG-lista|Norway]], [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand]], [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austria]], [[Swiss Music Charts|Switzerland]], [[Türkiye Top 20|Turkey]], [[Ultratop 50|Belgium]], the [[Dutch Top 40|Netherlands]] and [[Federation of the Italian Music Industry|Italy]]. It also peaked at number two in [[Tracklisten|Denmark]] and the [[UK Singles Chart|United Kingdom]].

== Composition ==
"Freestyler" is primarily a [[hip hop music|hip hop]] song, although it is strongly influenced by [[electronic dance music]] such as [[breakbeat]] and [[House music|house]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ashare|first=Matt|title=Reviews|journal=[[CMJ#CMJ New Music Monthly|CMJ New Music Monthly]]|date=April 2001|issue=91|pages=67|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yyoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=July 22, 2012|publisher=[[CMJ|CMJ Network]]|issn=1074-6978}}</ref>

==Music video==
The music video was mainly filmed at the [[Hakaniemi metro station]],<ref>Dr. Giacomo Bottà – [[University of Helsinki]], [http://www.helsinki.fi/iehc2006/papers3/Botta.pdf Popular Culture and Urban Creativity in Helsinki and Berlin], 2006–08.</ref> an underground station on the [[Helsinki Metro]] line, in [[Finland]] and with platforms 21 metres below sea level. The principal "home boy" featured in the video is Marlo Snellman, a Finnish model and musician who later released his own single entitled "Dust" and today is working as producer for his own projects such as "Hipsters"<ref>Marlo Snellman's band Hipster on Myspace, [http://www.myspace.com/hipstersmusic].</ref> and "Okta".<ref>Marlo Snellman as Okta on Myspace, [http://www.myspace.com/okta].</ref> The actor was only fifteen at the time of shooting and got the part through his mother, Finnish modelling [[business magnate|magnate]] [[Laila Snellman|Laila Snellman]].<ref>Website, [http://www.torbenhoyer.dk/marlo.html Marlo Snellman].</ref> Marlo Snellman appears briefly in another Bomfunk MC music video, "B-Boys & Flygirls".

The video begins with Snellman catching a train while listening to "Freestyler" on his [[MiniDisc]](Sony MZ-R55) player. A character sits across him in the train, who is played by [[Raymond Ebanks]] (B.O. Dubb), the lead singer of the Bomfunk MC's, and who imbues Snellman with the power to control the flow of time for one or a group of individuals. Realising this ability, Snellman spends the duration of the video pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding dancers and people on his journey until coming across the members of Bomfunk MC's, where the remote control stops functioning and the whole video is sent into a rapid rewind back to the beginning. The music video may be inspired by{{OR|date=December 2012}} and seems to use similar themes as [[Ferry Corsten]]'s 1999 "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgx_V0So0qk Out of the blue]" music video.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgx_V0So0qk YouTube]</ref> The music video is a play on themes of empowerment, with the power of the music being transferred to and in the end taken from Snellman, by Ebanks.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

The music video was later parodied by the hip hop group [[Raptori]] for their song ''Hiphopmusiikkia''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5hBVj6yyDE | title = Raptori – Hiphopmusiikkia | accessdate = {{date|2012-12-15}} }}</ref> In 2011 the beginning scene was also remade in the music video for a [[DJ RZY]] release ''Tervetuloo Helsinkiin''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-EcUYZZYSs | title = DJ RZY feat. VA - Tervetuloo Helsinkiin | accessdate = {{date|2013-10-18}} }}</ref>

==Track listing==
;CD maxi – Europe (2000)
# "Freestyler" (Radio Edit) – 2:52
# "Freestyler" (Alternative Radio Edit) – 4:07
# "Freestyler" (Happy Mickey Mouse Mix) – 4:48
# "Freestyler" (Missing Link Remix) – 5:40

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (2000)
! Peak position
|-
{{Singlechart|Australia|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Austria|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Flanders|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Wallonia|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
|Denmark ([[IFPI Denmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite journal|date=4 March 2000|title=Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 03/04/2000 |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media]]|volume=112|issue=10|page=65|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{Singlechart|Finland|4|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|France|8|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Germany|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|author=Jaclyn Ward – Fireball Media Group – http://www.fireballmedia.ie |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know |publisher=Irishcharts.ie |date= |accessdate=2012-02-16}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
{{Singlechart|Italy|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Dutch40|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Norway|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Spain|7|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Sweden|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
{{Singlechart|Swiss|1|artist=Bomfunk MCs|song=Freestyler}}
|-
|United Kingdom ([[The Official Charts Company]])<ref name="uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=28388|title=Bomfunk Mc's – Freestyler – UK Singles Chart|date=2010-02-09|work=[[The Official Charts Company]]|publisher=ChartStats|accessdate=2009-11-05|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/67A9sRcPf|archivedate=2012-04-24}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
|style="text-align:center;"|47
|}

===Decade-end charts===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! (2000–2009)
! Position
|-
|Germany ([[Media Control Charts]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html |title=Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download |publisher=RTL.de |date= |accessdate=2012-02-16}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|31
|}

===Chart successions===
{{s-start}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Spinning Around]]" by [[Kylie Minogue]]
| title = [[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]] number-one single
| years = July 9, 2000 – July 23, 2000
| after = "[[I'm Outta Love]]" by [[Anastacia]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] number one single (first run)
| years = 10 September 2000
| after = "[[Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
}}
{{succession box
| before = "[[Rock DJ]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
| title = [[RIANZ|RIANZ (New Zealand)]] number one single (second run)
| years = 24 September 2000
| after = "[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]" by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
}}
{{s-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{MetroLyrics song|bomfunk-mcs|freestyler}}

{{Bomfunk MC's}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Freestyler (Song)}}
[[Category:1999 singles]]
[[Category:Singles certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Austria]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]]
[[Category:European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Germany]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Italy]]
[[Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in Sweden]]
[[Category:Singles certified gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]