Ralph Reed

Contra Media Narrative, Voters of Faith Still Matter

By Ralph Reed November 5, 2014

The Republican wave election of 2014, which repudiated Barack Obama’s direction for the country and gave Republicans firm control of Congress, has many story lines. Among them were a superior ...

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Conservatives Need Super PACs

By Ralph Reed November 29, 2012

It wasn’t long after the votes had been counted that the knives came out for Republican-leaning super PACs. For months, political pundits had speculated that spending by these outside groups ...

A Coherent and Compelling Vision

By Ralph Reed October 4, 2012

It is not easy to dominate an incumbent president for 90 minutes on live national television, but Mitt Romney did so last night. In the strongest performance of his 2012 ...

Mitt’s Comeback

By Ralph Reed February 1, 2012

Last night’s win by Mitt Romney in the Florida GOP primary was sweeping and impressive. He won every age group, every region of the state (his biggest margins were in ...

Palin’s Decision

By Ralph Reed October 6, 2011

Sarah Palin’s announcement that she would not seek the Republican nomination for president is, in my view, a loss for her party and the country. However, I predict she will ...

Rhetorical, Not Substantive, Centrism

By Ralph Reed January 26, 2011

Watching Pres. Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, it was hard not to close one’s eyes and hear the voice of Bill Clinton. The only thing missing was: “The ...

Politics & Policy

Targeting Tom DeLay

By Ralph Reed January 7, 2011

The ascension of a new Republican majority in the House of Representatives this week contrasts sharply with an event that will unfold next Monday 1,300 miles away in a courtroom ...