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19 July 2004
20 July 2004The NYT manages to publish an even less-perceptive report on the Georgia Senate race than The Washington Post. "G.O.P. is Poised to Tighten Grip on Georgia" reads the headline, and that's about as deep as it gets. Nary a mention of the role played by former Christian Coalition chief Ralph Reed. Reed helmed the Georgia G.O.P. through its 2002 historic conquest of the peach state, a Democratic hold-out since Reconstruction. And Reed's not just another political hack putting on the piety for public consumption. In fact, he keeps much of his religious agenda quiet these days, in recognition of the fact that he'd become a lightning rod for anti-Christian Right organizing. Reed has since moved on to become Bush's Southeast chairman, but he left an imprint on Georgia G.O.P. politics, a fact reflected by the Republican primary's near-exclusive focus on abortion. And yet the Times is covering it as just another horse race, with the subtleties of religion and influence apparently considered too "cultural" for hard news.
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