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What It's Like To Go Down With The Ship In Politics

Lisa Baron | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ralph Reed, John McCain, Jack Abramoff, Emily Miller Jack Abramoff, Tom Delay, George Hickenlooper, Christian Campbell, Rachelle Lefevre, Casino Jack, Jack Abramoff Scandal, Adam Kidan, Emily Miller, Christian Coalition, Politics News
Lisa Baron

In politics, if your boss crosses the line then it's ultimately your career that suffers. It's called being "Abramoff'd", and it's what happened to me while working for Ralph Reed, despite that my hands are clean.

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Newsmax's Rehab of Bernard Kerik Fails

Terry Krepel | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Ralph Reed, Bo Dietl, Bernard Kerik, Newsmax, Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Jeanine Pirro, New York News
Terry Krepel

All of Newsmax's efforts have gone for naught, undone last week as Kerik pleaded guilty to eight charges, including tax fraud and lying to White House officials.

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HuffPost Book Review: Republican Gomorrah

Jane Smiley | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ralph Reed, Charles Colson, Jack Abramoff, Republican Gomorrah, Ted Haggard, Max Blumenthal, Sarah Palin, Entertainment News
Jane Smiley

Republican Gomorrah is full of crimes--both those we've already heard of, such as Abramoff's and Ted Haggard's, and those we haven't.

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912 March: The Tea Party Movement Is the New Religious Right

Adele Stan | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Phillips, Freedomworks, Ralph Reed, Americans for Prosperity, Richard Viguerie, Tea Party Patriots, 912-March-on-Washington, Glenn Beck, Tea Party Movement, Howard Phillips, Resistnet, Politics News
Adele Stan

Marching has long been the province of the left. But the election of the nation's first African-American president, a moderate liberal, in a time of economic crisis, yielded right-wing leaders the gold of backlash.

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Exclusive Video: Conservatives Endorse My New Book, "Republican Gomorrah" (Sort Of)

Max Blumenthal | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Cpac, Conservatives, Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, Christianity, Religious Right, Ralph Reed, John Ziegler, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Max Blumenthal, Republicans, Media News
Max Blumenthal

Republican Gomorrah shows that many of the radical Right's leading figures have more in common than just the power they command within GOP ranks.

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Ralph Reed, Gambling Scandal Tainted Conservative Leader, Wants To Restart Christian Coalition

Atlanta Journal Constitution | Aaron Gould Sheinin | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ralph Reed Jack Abramoff, Ralph Reed Christian Coalition, Christian Coalition, Ralph Reed, Christian Coalition 2.0, Reed Christian Coaliton, Jack Abramoff, Politics News

One of the most controversial and successful figures of late 20th century politics wants to expand his brand to the 21st. Ralph Reed believes conserv...

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The Rush to Kiss Rush's Ass

Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Ralph Reed, Joe the Plumber, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Rahm Emanuel, Gingrey, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Phil, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

With Limbaugh steering the ship, there's sure to be another Republican Titanic in 2010.

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Disgraced Rove Aide Named Top Lobbyist For Focus On The Family

Colorado Independent | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ralph Reed, Karl Rove, James Dobson, Tim Goeglein and Plagiarism, Focus on the Family, Tim Goeglein, Rove, Politics News

Being a serial plagiarist may no longer be the professional equivalent of a hair shirt. Look at Vice President Joe Biden. Good thing for ex-Bush admin...

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Will Obama's Presidency End the Progressive Movement?

Rupert Russell | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Left Wing, National Review, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Barack Obama, Happiness, Ralph Reed, Progressive, Dwight Eisenhower, Conservatives, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Dlc, William F. Buckley, Grover Norquist, Newt Gingrich, Political Blogging, Activism, Political Activism, Blogging, Canvassing, Politics News
Rupert Russell

Progressive billionaires, bloggers and grassroots activists mobilized less against a conservative president than a complicit mainstream media and a Bush-enabling Democratic establishment.

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Sam Stein

Ickes: "Undercurrent Of Racial Implications" Coming From GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Racial Implications, Harold Ickes, Ickes Race, Obama Ickes, Ickes Reed, Time Warner Conference, Ickes Racial Implications, Ralph Reed, Barack Obama Race, Mccain Race, Politics News

One of the chief strategists of the modern Democratic Party criticized the McCain campaign and its crowds on Monday for fostering an "undercurrent of ...

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Senator, Does George W. Bush Put Country First?

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ralph Reed, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, John McCain, Bill Shuster, Country First, Sarah Palin, Jim Gibbons, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

Obviously, they think Barack Obama is that kind of 'me-first' un-patriot, but what about the rest of that "country-second Washington crowd?"

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McCain's Abramoff Inquiry Was Pure Political Payback, New Book Claims

Politico | Eamon Javers | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2000 Election, Ralph Reed, Jack Abramoff, John McCain, George W. Bush, Mccain Jack Abramoff, John McCain 2000, Politics News

A new book released the day after Sen. John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination attacks one of his trademark political successes: ...

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Prebuttal: McCain's Reform Credentials Have Turned to Sand

David Donnelly | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Campaign Money Watch, John McCain, Clean Elections, Ralph Reed, Reform, Maverick, McCain Lobbyist, Republican Convention, Lobbyist, Abramoff, Rnc, Earmarks, Presidential Campaign, Public Financing, Sarah Palin, Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News
David Donnelly

The John McCain who fought for campaign finance reform in the past is not the same John McCain speaking tonight. Here's what he'll claim, and what the truth really is.

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Obama: McCain Reed Fundraiser "Same Old Washington Politics"

Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Mccain Abramoff, McCain Abramoff, Barack Obama, Mccain Reed Fundraiser, Mccain Reed, Mccain Abramoff Investigation, Obama Reed Fundraiser, Ralph Reed, McCain Ralph Reed, John Mccain Ralph Reed, Obama Ralph Reed, Politics News

Monday night, John McCain is holding a fundraiser with Ralph Reed, an ally of jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff. McCain's investigation of Abramoff contri...

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Back in the Saddle(back)

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, John F. Kennedy, Ralph Reed, Richard Nixon, John McCain Religion, Barack Obama Religion, McCain Ralph Reed Fundraiser, Jesus Thieves, Rick Warren, Religion and Politics, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

In trying to strike a balance between religious voters and those who are fearful of the religious right, McCain has, like Nixon in 1968, embraced those he knows are wrong.

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McCain Ignores Calls To Cancel Ralph Reed Fundraiser

The Hill | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ralph Reed, John McCain, Mccain Jack Abramoff, John Mccain Jack Abramoff, McCain Abramoff, McCain Ralph Reed, Politics News

Republican presidential candidate John McCain so far is ignoring calls from several watchdog groups to cancel an Atlanta fundraiser promoted by Ralph ...

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Ralph Reed and John McCain Or How The GOP Is Losing Its Religion

Grayson Daughters | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Ralp Reed Mccain, Mccain Religious Right, Reed Mccain, Mccain Republican Base, McCain Evangelicals, Ralph Reed Dark Horse, Ralph Reed, Reed Dark Horse, Mccain Religious Conservatives, Republicans Religion, Home News
Grayson Daughters

When pressed, Reed said McCain really was a religious person and that someone he knew had once talked to McCain about religion and Reed said he had heard McCain worshiped at some church in Arizona.

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Snaphots: Our Political-Entertainment Industrial Complex

Scott Shrake | Posted 05.04.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Chuck Todd, Spencer Pratt, Andrea Mitchell, Greta Van Susteren, John McLaughlin, Bob Balaban, Martha Stewart, Janet Reno, John Hinckley, George W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Pamela Anderson, Chris Matthews, Geraldine Ferraro, Bob Woodward, Ralph Reed, Heidi Montag, Padma Lakshmi, Craig Crawford, John King, Jonathan Alter, Rob Lowe, Morgan Fairchild, Gloria Borger, Home News
Scott Shrake

At the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, I saw a lot of vintage 1990s right-wingers, including Ralph Reed and Newt Gingrich, but whatever. Top Politico of the night? Pamela, of course!

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