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"McCain nets $1.75 million at Reed-linked event." .. "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain raised more than $1.75 million for Republicans Monday at a fundraiser [in Georgia's capital Atlanta] clouded by confusion over the role of a political operative connected to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff." .. "The downtown event was promoted by Ralph Reed, a former head of the Christian Coalition. McCain's campaign said the event was organized by the Republican National Committee — not Reed, who was linked to the Abramoff scandal that McCain investigated in the Senate." .. "A House investigative committee in 2006 did not call Reed as a witness, but concluded that he interceded with the [Republican President] Bush White House to help some of Abramoff's clients. Reed's public relations firm also received $4.2 million from Abramoff to mobilize Christian voters to fight the opening of casinos that could compete with Abramoff's Indian tribe clients." .. "Abramoff went to prison for conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion." -By Philip Elliott -AP via -Yahoo
John
McCain - Ralph
Reed - Jack
Abramoff -  Money
- Religion
- Georgia
- 2006
Election - 2008
Election
"Protesters mark McCain’s visit to Atlanta for fund-raiser." ... "More than 50 protesters marched in front of the Marriott Marquis [in Georgia's capital Atlanta] on Monday, shouting “Bush, McCain, same thing!”" ... "Across Peachtree Center Avenue, Georgia Democratic Party chairwoman Jane Kidd and state [Georgia Democratic state Senator] Sen. David Adelman (D-Atlanta) held a news conference to add a more official voice of protest." ... "Kidd blasted McCain for only coming to the state to raise money and not to meet with regular voters." ... "“Instead of listening to Georgians, John McCain chose to talk with people who have given him thousands of dollars,” she said." ... "That includes Ralph Reed, said Adelman." ... "Reed is the former head of the Christian Coalition who in 2006 [election] lost a bid for the Georgia GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican] nomination as lieutenant governor after he was implicated, but not charged, in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal in Washington." ... "Reed e-mailed supporters and friends to urge them to give to the [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain campaign. Reed also instructed potential donors to send contributions directly to him. Reed told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he sent the e-mail at the request of the campaign and was given boilerplate language to use. He said he has no role in the campaign or in this event, something the McCain campaign confirmed." ... "But Reed’s involvement in raising money has been a source of ridicule and scorn from Democrats." ... "Reed, Adelman said, “has sold his influence with Christian conservative voters to the highest bidder.”" -By Aaron Gould Sheinin -AJC
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McCain - Ralph
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Abramoff -  Grover
Norquist
- Politics
- Georgia
-  Arizona
- 2008
Election
"McCain ignoring calls to cancel controversial fundraiser." ... "[2008 Election] Republican presidential candidate John McCain so far is ignoring calls from several watchdog groups to cancel an Atlanta [Georgia] fundraiser promoted by [Georgia Republican] Ralph Reed, a longtime friend and business partner of imprisoned [Republican] lobbyist Jack Abramoff." ... "Public Citizen, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and Campaign Money Watch are urging the Arizona senator to cancel plans for the [August] Aug. 18 fundraiser at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta and remove Reed from McCain’s Victory 2008 Team." ... "Reed lost his 2006 campaign for Georgia lieutenant governor in large part because of details about his relationship with Abramoff — much of the information uncovered by McCain’s Indian Affairs Committee investigation into the wide-ranging lobbying corruption scandal." ... "The Senate probe discovered $4 million in payments Reed accepted to run a bogus anti-casino campaign aimed at reducing gambling competition. An Indian tribe with a competing casino made payments to Reed, which according to the Senate investigation’s final report, were “passed through” Abramoff’s firm, Preston, Gates, Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, and another organization, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform." -By Susan Crabtree -TheHill.com 
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- "Giuliani
Headlines Ralph Reed Fundraiser: Former New York
Mayor Giuliani headlines fundraiser for Ga. lt. gov. candidate Ralph Reed."
... "Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York mayor considered a potential
2008 candidate for president, headlined a fundraiser Thursday for former
Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed in his run for Georgia lieutenant
governor." ... "Reed's campaign was looking for a boost before the July
18 Republican primary after being dogged by ties between Reed and Jack
Abramoff, the powerful Washington lobbyist now facing prison time for conspiracy,
tax evasion and fraud." -By Greg Bluestein
-AP via
-CBSNews
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Texas
- Georgia
- "Abramoff
Associate Reed Won't Face Texas Probe of Advocacy Work."
... "A Texas prosecutor rejected a request by watchdog groups to investigate
whether Christian activist Ralph Reed violated lobbying-registration laws,
removing a potential headache for Reed in his campaign for lieutenant governor
of Georgia." ... "Travis County Attorney David Escamilla cited a two-year
statute of limitations on misdemeanors. Three groups in December petitioned
him to investigate Reed's work on an anti-gambling campaign in 2001 and
2002. They said Reed, who oversaw the Southeast for President George W.
Bush's 2004 re-election, may have violated Texas law by failing to register
as a lobbyist while working to shut Indian casinos that would have competed
with one run by a client of his associate, Jack Abramoff." -By
Kristin Jensen -Bloomberg
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Reed
- Jack
Abramoff
- Political
- Religious
- Money
- Georgia
- Texas
- "From
a Conservative, a Lack Of Compassion for Ralph Reed."
... "Ralph Reed, candidate for Georgia lieutenant governor and former executive
director of the Christian Coalition, has a standard line when opponents
link him to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. "The Democrats, radical left,
and dominant media have made numerous unfair personal attacks against Ralph,"
his Web site declares." ... "Lately, however, it's becoming harder for
Reed to dismiss his critics as ideologically motivated. One of the toughest
is Marvin Olasky, a close associate of President Bush who helped developed
the administration's faith-based initiative and the concept of "compassionate
conservatism."" ... "Olasky, a journalism professor at the University of
Texas, is editor in chief of World magazine, the mission of which "is to
glorify God and enjoy Him forever." Since Nov. 19, World has run 10 articles
and essays describing the $4 million in gambling money Abramoff paid to
Reed to lobby against casinos competing with Abramoff's clients. The articles
have highlighted incriminating e-mails and other disclosures that have
raised doubts about Reed's explanations of his activities." ... "Reed,
Olasky wrote March 4, "has damaged Christian political work by confirming
for some the stereotype that evangelicals are easily manipulated and that
evangelical leaders use moral issues to line their own pockets."" -By
Thomas B. Edsall and Dan Balz -WashingtonPost
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Abramoff
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Internet
- Law
- Politics
- Georgia
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Connecticut
- "E-mails
undermine Reed claim." ... "[Georgia Republican lieutenant
governor candidate] Ralph Reed has said he didn't know it until last year,
but emails suggest he was informed that eLot — a firm then in the online
lottery business — was behind his effort to fend off a ban against internet
gambling in 2000." ... "The e-mails passed between Reed and Jack Abramoff,
the now disgraced Washington lobbyist. Abramoff was lobbying for eLot Inc.
of Connecticut, parent company of eLottery Inc., against a bill in Congress
that would have banned most online betting. ELottery opposed the bill because
it wanted to help states sell tickets online." ... "Reed, a lifelong opponent
of gambling, said last year that he did not know in 2000 he was actually
working on behalf of eLottery." ... "But e-mails obtained by The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution show Reed was offered the name of the company at the
beginning of his involvement in the campaign, in May 2000. The e-mails
emerged as dozens of federal investigators have increased their focus on
events surrounding the defeat of the Internet gaming ban." -By
Jim Galloway -AJC
Jack
Abramoff
- Ralph
Reed
- Money
- Religion
- Georgia
- "In
Ga., Abramoff Scandal Threatens a Political Ascendancy."
... "Ralph Reed, [Georgia's] candidate for lieutenant governor, had just
finished his opening statement to the Dawson County Republican Party when
retired pulp paper executive Gary Pichon sprang from his seat with a question
that cut to the chase:" ... ""Did you accept any gifts, commissions or
other payments of any kind from Mr. Abramoff, and are you likely to be
a party in the unfolding investigation?"" ... "Silence enveloped the 60
or so Republicans in the auditorium, and Reed's cheerful manner turned
tense. "No," he replied. "No to all these."" ... "As everyone knew, Pichon
was referring to Jack Abramoff, whose outsize Washington lobbying scandal
has reached down to Georgia. 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." ... "At age 44, he still has
the choirboy looks that have been noted in dozens of profiles over the
past 20 years. But the first major dent in Reed's carefully cultivated
image came with the disclosure in the summer of 2004 that his public relations
and lobbying companies had received at least $4.2 million from Abramoff
to mobilize Christian voters to fight Indian casinos competing with Abramoff's
casino clients." (1, 2,
3)
-By Thomas B. Edsall with contributions by Zachary
Goldfarb -WashingtonPost
Money
- Jack
Abramoff
- Tom
DeLay - Karl
Rove
- "A
Lobbyist in Full." ... "Early on, Abramoff made friends
who would be vital to his future success. His College Republican campaign
had been managed by Grover Norquist, who is now one of Washington's most
influential conservative activists. Joining the team as a $200-per-month
intern was a baby-faced college student, Ralph Reed. Together, the three
of them shaped the organization into a right-wing battle machine. ''It
is not our job to seek peaceful coexistence with the Left,'' Abramoff was
quoted as saying in the group's 1983 annual report. ''Our job is to remove
them from power permanently.''" ... "As his business and reputation grew,
Abramoff was becoming a vital cog in the G.O.P.'s money machine. He played
a major role in ''The K Street Project,'' a Norquist-designed initiative
that pressured lobbying firms to slant Republican in their hiring and donations.
Public-interest watchdogs were appalled at the new level of coordination
between Congress and business lobbyists, but Abramoff makes no apologies
for it. ''It was my role to push the Republicans on K Street to be more
helpful to the conservative movement,'' Abramoff told me. Partly to that
end, Abramoff hired several former senior G.O.P. Congressional aides onto
his lobbying team, including [Tom] DeLay aides like Michael Scanlon and
Tony Rudy, now a prominent lobbyist. He also sent his associates in the
other direction; in 2001, for example, his personal assistant, Susan Ralston,
took the same job under Karl Rove, effectively making her Rove's gatekeeper.""
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-By Michael Crowley -NYTimes
Rove
- Abramoff
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Ralston
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DeLay
- Norquist
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Reed
- Scanlon
- Money
- Religion
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Government- Law
- Politics
- Texas
- 2004
Election - 
History
- "K
Street Stumble." ... "As [Republican] presidential
adviser Karl Rove set up shop in the West Wing in 2001, he was looking
for an assistant to serve as the trusted gatekeeper of his new fiefdom.
Superlobbyist and Republican fundraiser Jack Abramoff was happy to lend
a hand. Abramoff knew just the right person for the job: his own assistant,
Susan Ralston. She interviewed with Rove and got the position." ... "For
a staunch conservative and smooth GOP operative like Abramoff, losing a
valuable aide was well worth the opportunity to ingratiate himself with
the president's senior political adviser." ... "An active fundraiser for
George W. Bush's 2000 election race, Abramoff has done even better in the
2004 campaign, raising more than $100,000 and becoming an elite "Pioneer"
in the president's re-election drive. For years, Abramoff has been a generous
donor and key fundraiser for powerful GOP members of Congress, notably
House Majority Leader [Republican]
Tom DeLay, R-Texas. In the 2004
election cycle, Abramoff and his wife, Pam, have contributed $83,000 to
Republicans, landing themselves at No. 93 on the nationwide list of individuals
who have donated to either political party, according to the nonpartisan
Center for Responsive Politics. Nine other Washington lobbyists are higher
on that list." ... "For almost a quarter-century, Abramoff has counted
among his friends and allies anti-tax activist Grover Norquist and grassroots
strategist and former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed. An Orthodox
Jew, Abramoff has moved easily in conservative circles since the early
1980s, when he was chairman of the College Republican National Committee."
... "On March 2, Abramoff abruptly resigned from [lobbying law firm] Greenberg
Traurig, and now he's embroiled in what's shaping up as a legal and political
fight to salvage his reputation." ... "When asked about Abramoff's troubles,
DeLay distanced himself, telling reporters, "If anybody is trading on my
name to get clients or to make money, that is wrong and they should stop
it immediately."" ... "One reason for the touchiness is that the controversy
has also ensnared Michael Scanlon, a former aide to DeLay who worked with
Abramoff at Greenberg Traurig before setting up his own grassroots firm,
Capital Campaign Strategies." -By Peter H. Stone
-NationalJournal
