Why Ralph Reed was almost Donald Trump's campaign manager

Ralph Reed, president of the national Faith & Freedom Coalition. (Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press)

Credit: Charlie Neibergall/AP

Credit: Charlie Neibergall/AP

Ralph Reed, president of the national Faith & Freedom Coalition. (Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press)

There are some Georgia politicos who still believe that if GOP operative Ralph Reed was able to hold off Casey Cagle in the 2006 race for lieutenant governor, he might be Georgia's governor by now.

Here's another Reed-related item for the alternate history file: The former Georgia GOP chair and Christian Coalition executive director was almost Donald Trump's campaign manager. In 2012.