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Encyclopedia > Ralph Reed

Ralph Reed may refer to:

  • Ralph E. Reed, Jr. - conservative American political strategist
  • Ralph Reed (American Express) - Former CEO of American Express
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Ralph Reed and Enron</b></a> <font color=gray>(1024 words)</font></td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top style='padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 2px'><img src=http://images.nationmaster.com/images/a.gif></td><td style="padding-bottom: 5px"> <b>Reed</b> said he had been hired mostly to help with an Enron campaign in Pennsylvania to win a central role in the state's electricity market, which was being restructured. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top style='padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 2px'><img src=http://images.nationmaster.com/images/a.gif></td><td style="padding-bottom: 5px"> <b>Reed</b>, who is now chairman of the Georgia Republican Party and runs a lobbying and political consulting firm called Century Strategies, based in Atlanta, said he had assumed he was being hired by Enron because he was a well-known political operative. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top style='padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 2px'><img src=http://images.nationmaster.com/images/a.gif></td><td style="padding-bottom: 5px"> <b>Reed</b> was an unpaid consultant to the Bush organization, though after the race was well under way his firm was paid by the campaign for direct mail and phone banks.</td></tr> <!--tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 5px"> <font color=gray>home.earthlink.net /~mjohnsen/Post_911/Ralph_Reed_and_Enron.html</font>   (1024 words) </td> </tr--> </table> <table class="text" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 5px"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_E._Reed,_Jr."><b>Ralph E. Reed, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</b></a> <font color=gray>(5229 words)</font></td> </tr> <tr><td valign=top style='padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 2px'><img src=http://images.nationmaster.com/images/a.gif></td><td style="padding-bottom: 5px"> <b>Reed's</b> $20,000 per month contract with Microsoft proved a minor embarrassment to the Bush campaign in the summer of 2000 when it was revealed that the software giant, which was being prosecuted for anti-trust violations, had hired a number of Bush aides as consultants and lobbyists. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top style='padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 2px'><img src=http://images.nationmaster.com/images/a.gif></td><td style="padding-bottom: 5px"> <b>Reed's</b> principal opponent was David Shafer, a former executive director of the Georgia Republican Party recruited to the race by Congressman John Linder. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top style='padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 2px'><img src=http://images.nationmaster.com/images/a.gif></td><td style="padding-bottom: 5px"> <b>Reed</b> was endorsed by the "Confederate Republican Caucus," a block of almost 500 heritage activists who had participated in the state convention as a protest against the removal of the Confederate battle emblem from the State Flag.</td></tr> <!--tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 5px"> <font color=gray>en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ralph_E._Reed,_Jr.</font>   (5229 words) </td> </tr--> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td width="100%" class="text"> <b> <a href=http://www.factbites.com/topics/Ralph-Reed>More results at FactBites</a> »</b> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <script type="text/javascript"> var curLink = ""; 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