{"id":12647,"date":"2012-08-27T18:57:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T22:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=12647"},"modified":"2013-05-10T15:27:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T19:27:14","slug":"rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC 2012: Ralph Reed Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today (August 27th) managing editor Kim Lawton talked with Ralph Reed, founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, in Tampa. Watch excerpts from their conversation about Paul Ryan’s Catholicism, how to reach evangelical voters, and why Reed thinks Obama “doesn’t have a good story to tell.” <\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Managing editor Kim Lawton talked with Ralph Reed, founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, in Tampa. Watch excerpts from their conversation about Paul Ryan’s Catholicism, how to reach evangelical voters, and why Reed thinks Obama “doesn’t have a good story to tell.” More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":17885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[321,10129,17914,1050,9894,9938],"class_list":["post-12647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-barack-obama","tag-campaign-2012","tag-catholic","tag-evangelicals","tag-faith-and-freedom-coalition","tag-paul-ryan","topics-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nRNC 2012: Ralph Reed Interview | August 27, 2012 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Managing editor Kim Lawton talked with the founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Tampa. Watch excerpts from their conversation about Paul Ryan's Catholicism, reaching evangelical voters, and why Reed thinks Obama "doesn't have a good story to tell."\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RNC 2012: Ralph Reed Interview | August 27, 2012 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Managing editor Kim Lawton talked with the founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Tampa. Watch excerpts from their conversation about Paul Ryan's Catholicism, reaching evangelical voters, and why Reed thinks Obama "doesn't have a good story to tell."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-27T22:57:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-05-10T19:27:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2012\/08\/thumb01-ralphreed-interview.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fred Yi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fred Yi\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fred Yi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47\"},\"headline\":\"RNC 2012: Ralph Reed Interview\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-27T22:57:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-05-10T19:27:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/\"},\"wordCount\":55,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2012\/08\/thumb01-ralphreed-interview.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Barack Obama\",\"Campaign 2012\",\"Catholic\",\"Evangelicals\",\"Faith and Freedom Coalition\",\"Paul Ryan\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/\",\"name\":\"RNC 2012: Ralph Reed Interview | August 27, 2012 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2012\/08\/thumb01-ralphreed-interview.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-27T22:57:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-05-10T19:27:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47\"},\"description\":\"Managing editor Kim Lawton talked with the founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Tampa. Watch excerpts from their conversation about Paul Ryan's Catholicism, reaching evangelical voters, and why Reed thinks Obama \\\"doesn't have a good story to tell.\\\"\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2012\/08\/thumb01-ralphreed-interview.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2012\/08\/thumb01-ralphreed-interview.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":100},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/\",\"name\":\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\",\"description\":\"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47\",\"name\":\"Fred Yi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/yif\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RNC 2012: Ralph Reed Interview | August 27, 2012 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","description":"Managing editor Kim Lawton talked with the founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Tampa. Watch excerpts from their conversation about Paul Ryan's Catholicism, reaching evangelical voters, and why Reed thinks Obama \"doesn't have a good story to tell.\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"RNC 2012: Ralph Reed Interview | August 27, 2012 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","og_description":"Managing editor Kim Lawton talked with the founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Tampa. Watch excerpts from their conversation about Paul Ryan's Catholicism, reaching evangelical voters, and why Reed thinks Obama \"doesn't have a good story to tell.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/","og_site_name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/","article_published_time":"2012-08-27T22:57:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-05-10T19:27:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":200,"height":100,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2012\/08\/thumb01-ralphreed-interview.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Fred Yi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_site":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fred Yi"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/"},"author":{"name":"Fred Yi","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47"},"headline":"RNC 2012: Ralph Reed Interview","datePublished":"2012-08-27T22:57:54+00:00","dateModified":"2013-05-10T19:27:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/"},"wordCount":55,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2012\/08\/thumb01-ralphreed-interview.jpg","keywords":["Barack Obama","Campaign 2012","Catholic","Evangelicals","Faith and Freedom Coalition","Paul Ryan"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/","name":"RNC 2012: Ralph Reed Interview | August 27, 2012 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2012\/08\/thumb01-ralphreed-interview.jpg","datePublished":"2012-08-27T22:57:54+00:00","dateModified":"2013-05-10T19:27:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47"},"description":"Managing editor Kim Lawton talked with the founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Tampa. Watch excerpts from their conversation about Paul Ryan's Catholicism, reaching evangelical voters, and why Reed thinks Obama \"doesn't have a good story to tell.\"","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2012\/08\/27\/rnc-2012-ralph-reed-interview\/12647\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2012\/08\/thumb01-ralphreed-interview.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2012\/08\/thumb01-ralphreed-interview.jpg","width":200,"height":100},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/","name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","description":"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47","name":"Fred Yi","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/yif\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}