the christian coalition was a major force in g.o.p. politics passports today where the former director of the group has an event in d.c. that's attracting the big name g.o.p. presidential candidates are all looking for his blessing will dive into why everybody wants to kids around fried spring in just a moment and then former secretary of state connelly's rice came to d.c. today to talk about global development the event was sponsored by a big oil company does that sound a little fishy to you archie is christine firs our ports and we come back. into it and we're going to go we're going to bring justice or. i have the right to know what my government would want to know why i pay taxes. but i would characterize obama as the charismatic. of american exceptionalism. you know somebody just a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here's some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't. charge. big picture. since. let's not forget that we are in apartheid museum right

you probably should just who ralph reed is well ralph reed was the executive director of the christian coalition in the ninety's and after that after he became kind of a kingmaker in republican politics he moved into the lobbying world and he partnered with his old buddies from the college republicans jack abramoff grover norquist and some others to basically scheme and deal and really recruit some sorted clients to push a very sophisticated lobbying strategy where they're taking money from casinos and then at the same time tricking evangelicals to be against their own clients so they form kind of a racket where they're collecting money from both sides in one case they collected money from a sweat shop owner and a site and islands while collecting instructing evangelical voters to lobby against a bill that shut down the sweat shop owners factories where there's forced abortion forced prostitution so. there is a huge racket but a scandal which kind of blew the lid off all this expose the e-mails expose the documents how they shifted money around from corporate clients like microsoft and enron to

he was the mastermind of the christian coalition and turned it into quite a political powerhouse. you just played some of the sound from them yesterday. another one just spoke a few minutes ago. rick santorum. on monday he formally declares his candidacy for president. he just spoke, listen, he was the real social conservative here compared to other candidates that are going through the motions. take a listen. >> i'd always been prolife. i'd always been for traditional marriage, but i've always been like a lot of folks rbs a lot of folks that weren't here last year who came this year who come and make the pledge and vow to social conservatives that they'll check the boxes. they'll be for the things that social conservatives care about. ladies and gentlemen, i just don't take the pledge, i take the bullets. >> santorum now well known across the country, but not so high in the polls. but amongst this crowd in social conservatives, he's a favorite. the former ceo of godfather pizza and radio talk show host will be the last presidential hopeful to speak here, t.j. >> did the sarah pal

it was the rise of the christian coalition and ralph reed. look at the unemployment rate of 9.1%. you know what is really telling to use an overused word today, telling, we have seen the vote slip with urban and suburban voters. it has all dropped on this. >> listen to some of the -- we spoke to the voters in new hampshire. we'll listen and talk about it. >> i think people promote the values and the values change. i mean, if you did have traditional values, we would be in a segregated society. think about that. >> i don't think it is what people do in hair homes is any of the government's business. if people want to do something, as long as they are not hurting anybody else, i don't have a problem with that. >> okay. for the candidates here tomorrow night, what does it help and who does it hurt? >> mitt romney, the frontrunner is running primarily on the idea to turn the economy around back when he ran for the president in 2008 he talked about a great businessman and talked about a lot about social conservative issues. it will be romney who will certainly trumpet that tomorrow. >>

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only about two years ago, founded by ralph reid, the wonder kid in the 1990s that made the christian coalitionif you need a sign of how important this conference is, seven, count them, seven republican presidential candidates are here speaking to this crowd. listen, we know social conservatives always played a large role, an influential role in picking republican nominees, they vote in big numbers in the republican primaries and caucuses. need more proof? our most recent poll, look at that half of the republicans we questioned say they identify themselves as born again or evangelical christians. a lot of importance here, why you're seeing all the candidates here. >> when we see them or hear from them, what are we hearing? a lot of bashing of the president, it sounds like? >> oh, yes. no doubt about it. the president barack obama getting attacked here by a lot of the speakerings, not just the presidential candidates. area hearing a lot, of course, about family values, social issues, abortion, gay marriage, but a lot about the economy, about taxes, about the deficit, about health care, because t

the social conservative movement, the christian coalition, has been on the field for quite a while nowimportant thing we can do is make sure we work cooperatively so that we do not conflate the movement. this is really important advice, i'd think. one of the most important things that was said to me since i have been at fault in this movement. unlike ralph, i do not have years of wisdom, so i rely on people like him. it has developed its way organically and naturally. as i go around and speak with bolts or social conservatives, -- with folks who are social conservatives, i hear about fiscal responsibility, about a government limited by the constitution, and about a country based on free-market principles. are we in agreement on those things? [applause] it is impossible to go anywhere in the tea party movement and not hear about a country based on judeo-christian values. that is the history of the country. that is the reality of this country. [applause] when people ask me, "what is the tea party movement and what does it have in common with the social conservative movement?" we have a l

such as the american bar association, the eagle forum, the american civil rights union and the christian coalition, the family research council action and friends of the earth. i mean, if one looks across this list, national association of realtors, innovation alliance, they have deep concerns about this bill and oppose it and i would like to place this on the record, madam chair. the chair: without objection and the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? smith schmidt i yield five minutes to the gentleman from -- mr. smith: i yield five minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for five minutes. mr. goodlatte: i thank the chairman for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. and i rise in strong support of h.r. 1249. for the better part of the past decade, congress has been working to update our patent laws, to ensure that the incentives are framers envisioned when they wrote article 1, section 8 of our constitution remain meaningful and effective. the u.s. patent system must work

i was privileged to be the executive director of the christian coalition wing we gained 53 house seatss and then had to switch is innocent for a total of 10 senate seats. it was the biggest off your landslide in the 20th century. we took the house, to the senate, and all the polls showed bill clinton was going to lose, and lose big in 1996. and we thought that we had entered the promised land. and what we discovered is what you are about to discover, if you haven't already figured it out. and that is the presidency is the most powerful and consequential office not only in the history of this country, but in history of this planet. and don't underestimate the other side. there is nothing they will not do. the irs is now targeting donors to conservative organizations. they are now telling anybody that does business with the federal government that they have to disclose any donation they give to anybody, even though that is protected by the first amendment. my mother was born in chicago, and i don't know that much about chicago politics, but i do note it ain't being back. annecy environme

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coalition. ralph is a power broker in christian evangelical circle but presidential hopefuls go there.bate are actually attending this conference. some of the names, bachmann is attending mitt romney, donald trump who we know is not running will be speaking as well. one person who has not declared a candidacy yet but is definitely looking and thinking about one is former utah governor jon huntsman. take a listen to what he said at the conference. >> we're not announcing. >> when are you requesting to announce? >> we hope very soon. we've discussed it over this last weekend as a family and we hope to know more about that in the next week or two. >> a lot of people are wondering when jon huntsman will formally announce a bid but that won't be enough time for our debate. >> shannon travis, thank you very much. >>> hugo chavez known for ruffling a few feathers. he says iran is helping venezuela build missile launches and they are aimed straight at washington, new york, and miami. that is next. >>> hugo chavez makes a pretty stunning statement. also, congress wants president obama to explai

coalition thing that they gave. gave a strong social cultural conservative speech that was a huge hit. >> really. >> strong pro-life speech. went over extraordinarily well in a crowd of very, very serious christianists and he walked out of that room having done himself a huge favor. >> this may be how huntsman shocks the political world. i was wide open. it is wide, wide open, and if he can go to iowa, and i don't know. you say he's done well at walter reed's -- >> he's announced he's not going to compete. >> huntsman is not? >> he's not going to play there. >> if he can win iowa -- i'm saying they need to rethink their strategy -- iowa is wide open. if he's getting that sort of reaction there, i understand civil unions will be a huge problem for him, fwu if he iraqis auto win there, he has just trumped mitt romney comes to new hampshire and the huntsman express is on its way. agree with you. if you're huntsman, you don't want to fall into the rudy giuliani trap and say i'm going to leapfrog ahead and play here and here and ignore the opportunity that may exist for you if a place like an iowa. even if you come in second or third, get in where you started out, no-name imt d. if you can position y