Ralph Reed, Smart As The Devil

Ralph Reed, Smart as the DevilWhen Pat Robertson recruited Ralph Reed in 1989 to organize a grassroots lobby of evangelical conservatives, the brash young political operative pursued a smart strategy of "flying below the radar" of liberals, Democrats and the media. For the first couple of years, as the Christian Coalition developed, scarcely anyone noticed what Reed was doing. But as his efforts succeeded--and as he boasted of his ambitions--even the most obtuse Americans realized the...