Ralph Reed: External Links: Articles & Commentary

The following are External Links: Articles & Commentary related to Ralph Reed.

Undated

• "Christian Coalition" at webpan.com.

1993-1995

• Laurence I. Barrett, "Fighting For God and the Right Wing. Supple in tactics but rigid in goals, Ralph Reed tries to give the religious right a softer, modern face," Time, September 13, 1993.
• Ralph E. Reed, Jr., "From Confrontation to Cooperation": Speech made to a meeting of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The address was also broadcast nationally by C-SPAN, April 3, 1995.
• Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, "The Gospel According to Ralph. Reed's Burgeoning Christian Coalition Evokes Zeal and Fear as It Mobilizes to Dominate the Political Order," Time, May 15, 1995.

1996-1999

• Richard John Neuhaus, "Ralph Reed's Real Agenda." Book Review: Active Faith: How Christians Are Changing the Soul of American Politics, Free Press, 1996.
• Polly Rothstein, "Dole: Solidly Anti-Choice and Proud of It," Pro-Choice On-line, Spring 1996.
• Bill Moyers, "Religious Liberty and Religious Extremism," Religious Humanism, vol. 30, nos. 3 & 4, Summer/Fall 1996.
• Jennie Lascelle,"Ralph Reed in the Lions' Den," The Harvard Salient, 1997 (Annual).
• "Conservatives Court Minorities: Ralph Reed, Meet Willie Horton," The Virginian-Pilot, February 7, 1997.
• David Plotz, "Ralph Reed's Creed. It's politics, not religion," Slate, May 4, 1997.
• Liberty Magazine Online, May/June 1997.
• "In The Wings: Former Christian Coalition Chief Ralph Reed Moves His Holy Politics to the Private Sector," People for the American Way, August 12, 1998.
• Direct Access: Ralph Reed, Washington Post, December 8, 1998: "Republican strategist Ralph Reed left his post as executive director of the Christian Coalition last year to establish a new political consulting firm. Reed answers questions live Tuesday from Charlottesville, Va., where he is among the political operatives and commentators attending the National Post-Election Conference at the University of Virginia's Center for Governmental Studies."
• "The Rebirth of Ralph Reed. The symbol - and lightning rod - of the Christian right is now a political consultant to the GOP. Should Jews be worried?," Atlanta Jewish Times, July 23, 1999.

2000

• "Religious values integral to politics, says Ralph Reed," Yale Bulletin & Calendar, January 21, 2000.
• Joel Brinkly, "Microsoft Hires Bush Adviser Ralph Reed To Lobby Bush," New York Times, April 11, 2000.
• Joshua Micah Marshall, "Microsoft's hired gun. Former Christian Coalition frontman Ralph Reed was lobbying for Microsoft while he was serving as a chief advisor to the George W. Bush campaign," Salon, April 12, 2000.
• "Ralph Reed Offers Money for Pro-Channel One Opinion Articles," Obligation, Inc., April 16, 2000.
• Mark Shields, "Microsoft Consultant Ralph Reed Hands Embarrassment To Client Bush," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 24, 2000.
• Frederick Clarkson, "Ralph Reed's Hour of Need," AlterNet, April 26, 2000: "Will Ralph Reed go down in history as the mastermind of a series of federal crimes designed to advance the fortunes of Republican politicians and crony consultants? While ongoing federal investigations and lawsuits signal this possibility, you would never know it from the press coverage Reed received when he stepped down recently as executive director of the Christian Coalition. There is both much more, and much less to the story than meets the eye."
• "Ralph Reed on the 2000 GOP Convention," CNN, July 31, 2000.
• Jesse Jackson, Jr., "Where's Ralph Reed?," jessejacksonjr.org, August 1, 2000.

2001

• "Guerillas And Bodybags And Sharks...Oh, My!," Americans United for Separation of Church and State, December 12, 2001: "A Short History Of Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition."

2002

• Mark Dankof, "Ralph Reed, the ADL, and the Family Values President," Christian News, undated 2002.
• Richard L. Berke, "Associates of Bush Aide Say He Helped Win Contract," Washington Post, January 25, 2002.
• Robert Scheer, "A Walk in the Valley of Greed," The Nation, January 29, 2002.
• Robert Novak, "The Ralph Reed affair," TownHall.com, February 4, 2002.
• Joe Stephens, "Bush 2000 Adviser Offered To Use Clout to Help Enron," Washington Post, February 17, 2002.

2003

• Pete Yost, "FEC ruling reveals GOP consultant would have collected over half a million dollars from Enron," AP, March 10, 2003.
• "Ralph Reed to head Bush's Southeast campaign," Atlanta Business Chroicle, July 7, 2003.

2004

• Scott Sonner, "Nevada GOPs, Dems joust over ex-Christian Coalition's Ralph Reed," AP, April 29, 2004.
• Scott Sonner, "Ex-Christian Coalition leader Reed says he watches only Fox News," AP, May 1, 2004.
• AngryDesi, "Ralph Reed Deserves a Beatdown," Minority Report blog, June 18, 2004.
• Rob Boston, "Ralph Reed: Ramblin, 'Gamblin' Man?," Americans United for Separation of Church and State blog, June 30, 2004.
• Jack Newfield, "Ralph Reed's Gamble," The Nation, July 12, 2004.
• Thomas D. Edsell, "Reed Confirms Fees From Indian Casino Lobbyists," Washington Post, August 30, 2004.
• "Ralph Reed’s gambling problem, redux," The Carpetbagger Report, August 30, 2004.
• "Ralph Reed firm works with gambling lobby," AP, August 31, 2004.
• Peter Stone, "527s, Rudy Giuliani and GOP Operative Ralph Reed," Democracy Now!, September 1, 2004.
• "Bush-Cheney campaign leader denies ties with Indian casinos," GamblingGates, September 2, 2004.
• Mike Lux, "I've been thinking about Ralph Reed's old quote from when he was executive director of the Christian Coalition ...," American Family Voices, September 3, 2004.
• Peter Stone, "Ralph Reed's Other Cheek. The man who mobilized the religious right puts his conservative connections to work for business," Mother Jones, November/December 2004.

2005

• Ralph Z. Hallow, "Reed said to see Georgia as path to White House," Washington Times, January 18, 2005.
• "Ralph Reed Eyeing Georgia Governorship, White House," Outside the Beltway, January 18, 2005.
• "Ralph Reed’s bizarre ambitions," The Carpetbagger Report, January 19, 2005.
• "Ralph Reed to Seek Georgia Post in 2006," AP, February 17, 2005.
• Shamanic, "Ralph Reed Working to Move Georgia Backwards," SimianBrain blog, February 17, 2005.
• "I'm Gibbering Already," Meanwhile Back at the Ranch blog, February 22, 2005.
• Joe Conason, "DeLay's 'moral' defenders ignore his sleazy allies. Hammer crew seems reminiscent of the old Cosa Nostra," Working for Change, April 13, 2005.
• Maria Recio, "Cornyn denies ties to lobbyist," Star-Telegram, April 17, 2005.
• David D. Kirkpatrick and Philip Shenon, Ralph Reed's Zeal for Lobbying Is Shaking His Political Faithful," New York Times, April 18, 2005.
• Wayne Slater, "Conservative Groups Mobilize for DeLay," Dallas Morning News, April 18, 2005.
• "Ralph Reed, poster boy of the Right," Kicking Ass. Daily Dispatches from the DNC, April 18, 2005.
• "Reed, Norquist subpoenaed in Indian gambling probe," The Raw Story, April 21, 2005.
• WhisperingCampaign, "The Apocalypse Of Ralph Reed," Gothamimage blog, April 24, 2005. Good summation with links.
• John Aravosis, "Microsoft paying Religious Right leader Ralph Reed $20,000 a month retainer," AMERICAblog, April 26, 2005.
• John Aravosis, "'Fire Ralph Reed,' lead gay group demands," AMERICAblog, April 26, 2005.
• Sarah Kershaw, "Microsoft Weighs Reversal on Gay Rights, Gates Says," New York Times, April 27, 2005: "Critics, including gay rights activists and people inside and outside the company, have produced a flood of e-mail and comments on Web logs over the past few days with outraged reaction to the company's decision not to support the bill. They have also attacked the company for paying Ralph Reed, the former head of the Christian Coalition and a close ally of the Bush administration, as a communications consultant."
• "Ralph Reed announces steering committee," AP, May 2, 2005: "... for his latest political endeavor - a bid for lieutenant governor next year."

2006

• Thomas B. Edsall, "In Ga., Abramoff Scandal Threatens a Political Ascendancy," Washington Post, January 16, 2006. "Abramoff and Reed -- the former executive director of the Christian Coalition -- have been friends for 25 years, and until recently it had been a mutually profitable association. Now it is proving highly inconvenient for Reed, and threatens to stall a career that has been emblematic of the modern GOP. ... One of the most damaging e-mails [uncovered during the Abramoff investigation] was sent by Abramoff to partner Michael Scanlon, complaining about Reed's billing practices and expenditure claims: 'He is a bad version of us! No more money for him.' Scanlon and Abramoff have pleaded guilty to defrauding clients."
• Greg Bluestein, "Reed distances himself from Abramoff," Associated Press (Macon Telegraph (Georgia)), January 24, 2006.
• Thomas B. Edsall, "Another Stumble for Ralph Reed's Beleaguered Campaign," Washington Post, May 29, 2006.
• "Gimme Five'—Investigation of Tribal Lobbying Matters," Final Report Before the Committee on Indian Affairs, 109th Congress, 2d Session, June 22, 2006.
• Sean Flynn, "The Sins of Ralph Reed", GQ Magazine, July 2006.
• "Reed Blames McCain for Loss," Taegan Goddard's Political Wire, July 19, 2006.
• Jim VandeHei, "Corruption Issue Comes to Fore. Reed Is Seen as First Casualty, and Parties Brace for More," Washington Post, July 20, 2006.