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Santorum only GOP presidential candidate to speak at Florida Tea Party Convention

By | 11.07.11 | 2:41 pm | More from The Florida Independent

This weekend’s Florida Tea Party Convention failed to draw many of the GOP candidates invited to participate: Out of the eight GOP presidential candidates, only Rick Santorum showed up to speak.

Priebus in Iowa: Election a ‘fight between freedom and government’s insatiable appetite to grow’

By | 10.24.11 | 1:05 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Leaders of the Faith and Freedom Coalition and the chairman of the Republican National Committee used combative language to describe the GOP’s bid to defeat President Obama and put in place further restrictions on abortion and marriage during a social conservative event in Iowa over the weekend.

Bachmann to attend Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom rally

By | 09.21.11 | 5:47 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Michele Bachmann will be among the presidential candidates to attend the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Kickoff Rally at Florida’s Presidency 5 in Orlando on Thursday.

Ralph Reed’s Minnesota group hopes to influence state’s marriage amendment debate

By | 09.01.11 | 3:37 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

The Minnesota Faith and Freedom Coalition (MFFC) is lending its voice to the battle over a constitutional amendment limiting marriage between a man and a woman in Minnesota. The group, founded by former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed, has already gotten GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and state Sen. Warren More…

Ralph Reed group in Minnesota to host workshop on marriage amendment

By | 08.17.11 | 2:04 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

The Minnesota Faith and Freedom Coalition, part of a network of groups created by religious right icon Ralph Reed, is hosting a strategy session on the ballot measure to put a ban on marriage for same-sex couples in the Minnesota Constitution. Former gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer will emcee More…

S.C. Focus on the Family affiliate says Perry’s views on N.Y. gay marriage are ‘slippery’

By | 07.27.11 | 10:57 am

The leader of South Carolina’s Focus on the Family affiliate, the Palmetto Family Council, was among several conservative leaders recently asked to weigh in on the same-sex-marriage views of speculated presidential contender Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Like many of the other leaders, Palmetto Family President Oran Smith was less than More…

Herman Cain, Ralph Reed, Marco Rubio and more to attend ‘Tax Day’ rally

By | 04.08.11 | 2:02 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Tax day comes next Friday, and one Florida tea party group will be hosting its third annual ‘TAX DAY’ event in Orlando. Among the many high-profile guests: a 2012 presidential hopeful who has called Planned Parenthood “Planned Genocide.”

Scheduled to attend are Ralph More…

Ralph Reed says gay marriage not an issue for 2012 Republicans – because they’re all equally against it

By | 03.08.11 | 11:29 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Image by Matt MahurinWAUKEE — A slew of potential Republican presidential candidates told social conservatives in Iowa they believed President Barack Obama was wrong to order his administration not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act at an event hosted by the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition.

Ralph Reed for Congress?

By | 03.01.10 | 1:08 pm

His political career looked dead after his humiliating 2006 campaign for lieutenant governor of Georgia — he lost the primary by 14 points, dogged by his ties to Jack Abramoff — but David Brody has Ralph Reed mulling a run for Congress in a safe Republican seat.

GOP Strategist: This Is 1968 for Republicans

By | 10.13.08 | 5:08 pm

Ralph Reed, a prominent Republican pundit, strategist and the first executive director of the political powerhouse Christian Coalition, issued a blunt warning to his party today and criticized Sen. John McCain’s campaign.

Reed said this presidential election is shaping up to be like the one in 1968, except with Republicans More…