Well, softball pieces in the New York Times notwithstanding ("it would be a mistake to underestimate Mr. Reed," Shaila Dewan wrote the other day, as if to buck up his flagging campaign), Ralph Reed has had his comeuppance in the Georgia lieutenant governor's race. His embarrassing loss is due in no small part to the work of Talk to Action contributors such as Max Blumenthal, who has helped put Reed's feet to the fire on his Jack Abramoff connections for months now.