GA DUers, what's going on with Ralph Reed's race? I see the AJC has

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

had a series of articles exposing how dude was totally in bed with Abramoff.

Are repubs making any moves to have Reed "walk the plank" yet?

[CottonBear]

1. Reed is being challenged. Today's AJC has an article.

I hate the bastard. The Deomocrats seem to be polling well but this is before the primaries. I'll post more as I find out more info.
The Republican challengers are havign to work hard against crazy Ralph. I predicr that his Abramoff ties will take him out but amore mainstream GOP type will do well.

[Jawja]

2. Hi, CottonBear!

Reed is from my home town. Went to my high school and went through with my brother. Went to my church, even.

He was a fanatic know-it-all even then. I would love nothing more than to see the slimy scumball brought down. "Christian," my ass.

We need a bumpersticker in Georgia that reads:

Ralph Reed = ENRON, ABRAMOFF

Remember, he was on Enron's payroll, which was supposed to hide his association with the * campaign.

[CottonBear]

3. OMG! Ralph Reed went to your high school and your church?

*shudder* I thought it was bad enough that he's a fellow UGA graduate.
He is so phony. I really can't stand his ilk. :(

[Archae]

4. Agreed.

Reed is the same scumball who who as head of Pat Robertson's Not-So-Christian Coalition, came up with his "liar for Jesus" plan, he called "stealth candidates."

Not only that, when he ran the Georgia GOP, he was instrumental in getting those no paper trail easily hacked electronic voting machines.

If there is a Hell, Ralph Reed is headed for it.

[Boredtodeath]

5. Link, please?

I don't see a single thing indicating Ralph Reed had anything to do with bringing electronic voting to Georgia.

SB213 was a Cathy Cox sponsored bill.

[CottonBear]

6. Reed's influence is widespread. He is the ultimate GOP/X-tian whore.

He had a hand in the GOP takeover of Georgia.

[Boredtodeath]

7. I understand that, but...

I would like to see any proof that he was behind bringing Diebold to Georgia.

As for his race, not all is what it seems:

Many prominent Republicans in Georgia are concerned that if Reed wins the GOP primary against Cagle, he will hurt Gov. Sonny Perdue and other Republicans on the general election ballot because of the polarizing nature of his candidacy. Recent polls, in fact, show Reed trailing both a generic Democrat candidate and specific Democrats like former legislator Jim Martin. Reed tried to shoot holes in that thinking.

and....

State Sen. Casey Cagle said Friday he’s picked up the support of nine people in his campaign for lieutenant governor who originally signed on as members of the statewide steering committee for his Republican primary opponent, political consultant Ralph Reed. “We will continue to welcome every Republican in this state to our team as we progress toward that goal (of winning the primary),” Cagle said. “We are very excited to have each of these leaders on board and actively working toward victory.”

In a letter to Reed, the new Cagle supporters wrote, “our decision to support Senator Casey Cagle’s campaign is in no way an attempt to undermine or criticize you. Rather, we believe that Casey’s combination of experience, electability, dedication to conservative values and record of integrity in office make him the best choice for our party at this critical time.

“We thank you for all of your efforts to build the party behind the scenes, and wish you the best in your future endeavors.” Cagle identified the switchers as Maurice Atkinson of Macon, Patrick Cork of Valdosta, Clint Murphy of Savannah, and six people from Reed’s home county of Gwinnett: Bruce Garraway, Stan Hall, Christopher Harris, Ron Johnson, Josh Moore, and Nick Thompson.

http://www.ciprg.com/ul/sh/TGR_WeekinReview_Issue3.pdf (PDF from Capitol Impact)

[Archae]

8. I don't have a link, I read it a few years ago though.

Sorry.