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
