Ralph E.Reed Duluth, Ga., MiamiFounder and CEO of Century Strategies.  Power/Influence:In 1994, the Christian Coalition energized evangelicals with 33 million voter guides and helped usher in the Republican Revolution. A Time magazine cover story said Reed’s success represented “the most thorough penetration of the secular world of American politics by an essentially religious organization in this century.” Under Reed’s leadership of the Georgia Republican Party in 2002, Republicans won the governorship for the first time since Reconstruction, gained control of the state Senate, won a U.S. Senate seat, and elected two new members of Congress.
Role in Campaign ’08:“I was offered senior campaign roles by three Republican presidential candidates in 2008, but declined,” Reed tells Newsmax. “I had too many good friends running in 2008, so I decided to remain neutral in the primary.” He supports McCain. He could play a powerful role in energizing the Christian Right which remains blasé about McCain. Who Knew: In 1983, after witnessing a politician drinking and carousing with a woman not his wife, Reed went to a phone booth, looked up a church in the directory, and soon committed his life to Christ.
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