Autographed Special Edition

Dark Horse by Ralph Reed
 

A Republican Civil War?  Not Likely

Thought you might be interested in my contribution to a National Review online symposium about whether or not the defeat in New York’s 23rd district or the victories in New Jersey and Virginia are predictive of the future of the Republican Party and conservatism. I am very encouraged by the election results, and believe if we keep working hard and fielding good candidates, the future is very bright indeed.

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Eight Questions Facing the Republican Party

The Washington Post asked leading political strategists eight key questions facing the Republican Party. Here are Ralph Reed’s answers, unedited, as submitted to the Post. We thought you might like to see them without the media filter.

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Dark Horse Predicted First Woman on a
National Ticket since 1984.

In Dark Horse, political strategist and author Ralph Reed included the first African-American presidential nominee in history, a controversial black pastor that stirs up the presidential race, and a GOP nominee with strong national security credentials who has problems with conservatives in his own party. Many commentators and reviewers have noted the eerie similarities to the 2008 campaign. With the selection of Sarah Palin to be John McCain's running mate, Dark Horse has now correctly predicted the selection of only the second woman as a running mate in American history. In the book, the character is Betsy Hafer, who like Palin had been a governor for less than two years.

Amazing coincidence, or is life imitating art?

Eight Questions for the Grand Old Party

The Washington Post asked Ralph Reed to participate in a panel of political strategists and GOP leaders in answering some of the big questions facing the Republican Party as it heads into its convention in Minneapolis.

Here are his answers

Dark Horse

A bitter campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination goes all the way to the convention and is stolen by the Senate Majority Leader in a credentials fight. The loser, the moderate California governor, shocks the nation by launching an independent bid for the presidency. The Republican Justice Department opens a criminal investigation into the credentials fight while the GOP candidate, the incumbent vice-president, seems to be coasting to victory in the topsy-turvy three-way presidential race. But nothing in this race is as it appears.

 

 

“Dark Horse by Washington insider Ralph Reed could be the best
political novel of the era” 
— Tulsa World

Ralph Reed on The Daily Show

Ralph Reed on The Charlie Rose Show

 

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