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...future of America is not [shaped] by who sits in the Oval Office but by who sits in the principal's office," Reed told a group of activists in New Hampshire last week. If the Coalition grows large enough, he advised, "then everyone running for President will be pro-family; they'll have to come to us." And so they have. The latest closed-door meeting of Coalition state directors held in Washington in January drew both Dole and Gramm. Furthermore, Coalition lobbyists sat among the select group of outsiders who met regularly in House Speaker Newt Gingrich's suite...
...Reed gets that kind of respect because he can deliver. With a fat war chest and so many activists on call at all times, the Coalition can stir a flurry of telephone calls and letters to lawmakers on almost any subject within a matter of hours. To train its operatives, the Coalition runs leadership schools, instructing supporters to form rapid-response networks, connected by phone, fax and modem, in hundreds of counties, located in every state in the Union. They update their information on the third Tuesday of every month by attending satellite downlinks of "Christian Coalition Live," an hour...
However, in 1983, shortly before he became the director of a national Republican student committee, Reed not only gave up alcohol and cigarettes but also found God. At about that time, he had seen a politician he admired -- a "pro-family, traditional values" type -- drinking and fooling around with someone he was not married to. The sight disgusted Reed and helped lead him toward being "born again." He apologized to one of his political victims, picked up a phone book, found an evangelical church and started attending. "Since 1983, I haven't been involved with anybody in politics for whom...
...Reed made his rounds among America's most important politicians last week, he looked for all the world like a junior executive, neatly attired in a crisp, dark suit and starched button-down shirt, dashing, luggage in hand, from taxicab to commercial aircraft. At times, he thumbed through his history book of the moment, Doris Kearns Goodwin's new biography of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. But there was nothing mundane-or junior level-about his encounters. In addition to New Hampshire's Governor, he met with Senator Dan Coats to discuss the Foster nomination and a new bill on school...
...state capitol in Concord, New Hampshire, the local press was all over him after his senate appearance. But he was not universally applauded. State senator Burt Cohen, a Democrat, left the chamber in a huff even before Reed spoke. "He [Reed] represents a dangerous trend in this country. We should keep religion and politics separate," Cohen said later. Another state senator, Jeanne Shaheen, a Democratic stalwart, heard Reed out. But she also was offended. She said, "Anytime you paint yourself as having the right answers because of a direct connection to God, that's very dangerous...