now ralph reed is on the sidelines. handicapping mccain's prospects.n 1998, he's humping in corporate accounts. by 2006, the senate is issuing its report on the fact that he was humping in corporate accounts. he's getting paid by gambling interests to secretly trick anti-gambling christians into unwittingly helped casinos paying him for the privilege. he tries to run for office that year in 2006. he gets laughed off the ballot because of the scandal. by 2008, by the next presidential race, he is on the sidelines. he's this disgraced figure. but now, by 2012, he's no longer on the sidelines. now, look. there he is. he's back. and as ostentatiously pious as ever. only now the corporate accounts he's humping in are apparently the $10 million checks from some of the country's wealthiest conservatives. $10 million bank roll to presumably convince christians to vote for mitt romney and against barack obama. the same christians he once tricked on behalf of jack abramoff's clients. jack abramoff himself is out of jail. he's marketing himself as a truth teller.

now ralph reed is on the sidelines handicappeding romney's prospect.enate is issuing the report on the fact that he was humping in corporate accounts. he's getting paid by gambling interests to secretly trick anti-gambling christians into helping certain casinos paying him for the privilege. he tries to run for office that year in 2006. he gets laughed off the ballot because of the scandal. by 2008, by the next presidential race, he's on the sidelines. he's this disgraced figure. but now, by 2012, he's no longer on the sidelines. now, look, there he is. he's back and does os extent tash vowsly as ever, he's humping in apparently the $10 million checks from some of the country's wealthiest conservatives. $10 million bank roll to prevent christians for mitt romney and against barack obama, the americans that he once tricked on behalf of jack abramoff's corporate clients. he's out of jail and is marketing himself as a truth teller who may have been repellant once but he's not learned the err of his way. he has a radio show on satellite radio now. but all

the event is put on by the faith in freedom coalition led by ralph reed. live pictures right now.s being described as a mostly christian right gathering. several well known republican leaders are scheduled to speak, including virginia governor bob mcdonnell and wisconsin governor scott walker. >>> mitt romney has had an uneasy relationship with conservative republicans. when he chose paul ryan as his running mate, many on the right and in the tea party movement cheered. as republicans begin their national convention, tea party leaders aren't just watching closely, they are working to influence the decisions made in tampa and beyond. the president of freedom works, an organization that works closely with tea party groups across the country and is committed to advancing the principles of lower taxes and less government, matt, good to see you. if there's a way in which to kind of encapsulate how have you and the tea party leaders been working to influence the republican party, particularly on the eve of this convention? >> you have a lot of activists that have become part of the proc

. >> ralph reed, we just heard the sand bite from ralph reed, a political activist, does he want akino stay in? >> he won't say. he made pretty clear to us that he -- and i talked to him for a while today. that he -- that the party is split, the social conservatives are split, but he personally only gives his advice privately. he's being very careful there. but what is also interesting is that akin is in tampa. akin is not going to the convention, but as we speak he is in tampa. the reason he is there, wolf, is that there have been quiet, almost secret meetings today with social conservatives. they have actually been going on for the past 24 hours or so. they're holding a reception for him today. now, part of this is to make sure that akin can keep his campaign going when it comes to money. now, he announced today that he raised $100,000 in the last few days. now, just to be clear, it's not bad, but it is nothing compared to what he needs, the millions that he needs to raise to effectively campaign against the democrat, claire mccaskill. now, we should also know that he has been under

on the first night of the convention, and i heard her speak at the faith and freedom forum with ralph reed, not this year, but last year. >> sean: right. >> at the time her comments were aimed at gingrich really, although she didn't mention his name. she said, some people say that mitt romney is a flip-flopper. well, when i got ms he stuck by me, when i got cancer, he stuck by me. i think she should get up there and say, mr. president, your campaign has an ad running saying that mitt doesn't care about people with cancer. well, i had breast cancer. and mitt was with me every second of every day of every month throughout the years. so mr. president, i can tell you he does care. >> sean: and command this go away. >> my point is that they've gone so far beyond decency that you could really pull them up short and really -- i mean, that could be a have you no decency kind of line. >> sean: we're at that point. this is the sleaziest, slanderous campaign we've seen in history. there's no doubt about it. i put together a montage. the president in this press conference is looking for plausible deni

i went to the ralph reed convention the who's who of religious right and all of the talking heads fromy show up and tout their morality. this is right after paul ryan introduces devastating budget that takes 62% of cuts from the poor and working people. when we showed up with a bible to ask paul ryan some questions and you know, he didn't. to talk to us. we followed him out the door. i said congressman ryan, i have a question for you. i'm a catholic. you're a christian. why did you model your budget on the extreme ideology of ayn rand. >> how can people see it? >> it is on youtube. >> john: thank you james salt. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> john: this is the "bill press show." on your radio and current tv. i'm john fuglesang filling in for bill. we have an exciting show still left. karl frisch of bullfight strategies will be joining us as well as lora bassett of "the huffington post." all of that is nothing but an appetizer. right now i have the exclusive privilege of bringing you the luminous, the brilliant the ayatollah of rock n' roller, the awe-insp