watched the movie casino jack and i can't figure out why ralph reed didn't go to jail along with jack abrams off. how did how did they how did he stay out of jail and b. what does all this have to do with net neutrality. well it's a good question of how he got to stay out of jail you know what's interesting about the iraq scandal was basically he erupted when actually hundreds of obvious do on a daily basis it's what's a nominal to me is that a remark was the only one this happens on a daily basis what happened in the past few months in a lobbying campaign against regulations on for profit schools they were basically using the same tactics as a rock used for many years so i mean that that's a that's a whole nother book maybe on why there aren't more investigations and prosecutions on this type of bribery but on to the comcast and cable and net neutrality issue ralph where you dropped off the political radar after this big scandal and after he lost his run for lieutenant governor in two thousand and six no one ever heard of him and we stopped seeing his name in the news but he didn't stop lob

orchestrating the opposition that man is relf reid better known for his association with criminal lobbyist jack abrams off so how is relf reid sabotaging a free and open internet answer this question lee thought investigative report. blogger at think progress dot org joins me now from california we welcome back because really nice to see you great to see you too thank you way first remind our viewers who didn't see the movie casino jack and by the way if you haven't you probably should just to ralph reed is well ralph reed was the executive director of the christian coalition in the ninety's but 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 college republicans jack abraham and 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 have tricking evangelicals to lobby against their own clients so they form kind of a racket where they're collecting mo

guest: most know that he was heavily disgraced in the jack abrams of scandal.e was using that money to be ginned up evangelical support in alabama against casinos. this exposed him as someone who had shady financial dealings but also someone who was using his evangelical base for his own narrow and greedy purposes. but he is back. he held this conference last week in which every single republican contender for the presidency attended except for newt gingrich, i believe. he will be a power player. this conference was as much religious as a tea party gathering. this was really the pace of the party. he is clearly making a play to be a kingmaker again. host: back to the funds. you are on the "washington journal." caller: i keep hearing these reporters saying that so and so is not qualified to be president. i would like another idea of who is qualified since they know so much about it. host: before we let you go, who you think is? caller: i think any of them are. all of them are. host: no one in particular? caller: sarah palin. i do not know if i will vote for her