More from Jim Galloway on Reed's unfolding Casiogate.

Jim Galloway continues his Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporting on Ralph Reed:

Rusty Paul, a lobbyist and former chairman of the state GOP, attended a meeting of Republican chairmen from the state's congressional districts Wednesday, the day the e-mails were released.

"Everybody went around the room and talked about it. Most people thought the story would be over in four or five months," said Paul, who hasn't taken sides in the race. "I haven't seen any evidence of criminality — maybe naiveté — yet. It's still a little bit early to see what the impact of this is."

Paul said it would be hard to pry away Reed's base of religious conservatives. "Among 'movement conservatives,' there's a sense that the media is trying to kill [Reed]," the former chairman said. "They're nervous. They hope there's no other shoe to drop. But they're hanging with him."

Paul said he doubts the controversy has hampered Reed's ability to raise funds for his campaign. But Paul said one of Reed's strengths — his presence on television as a photogenic spokesman for the Republican agenda — has been curtailed.
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As I noted in a post yesterday entitled "It keeps getting worse for Reed with respect to something called telling the truth. The Washington Post's take," the issue of telling the truth is now in play.

I got a phone call this morning agreeing with my post about how things were heating up with respect to Reed because of the recently released e-mails, and the issue of truth now being on the table. I noted that at this point the average guy out there who knows the media is writing about Reed does not care to know and understand the details.

They basically think that up to this point it has been a Democrat versus Republican. But now that the issue of truth is a factor, this is something they want know about and sure understand what lying means. We are into a different game altogether.