In The Art of Political Warfare, by John J. Pitney Jr., a contributing editor to the libertarian journal Reason, writes:

In the 1950s, GOP activist Stephen Shadegg explicitly followed Mao Zedong's “cell group” model. Just as Mao's cells would lay the basis for guerrilla warfare, so Shadegg's cells would quietly build support for his candidates apart from formal political organizations. “The individuals we enlisted became a secret weapon possessing strength, mobility and real impact,” Shadegg wrote. “They were able to infiltrate centers of opposition support, keep us informed of opposition tactics, disseminate information, enlist other supporters and to do all these things completely unnoticed by the opposition. In the early 1990s, local affiliates of the Christian Coalition sometimes backed ”stealth candidates" for local office who would downplay their affiliations in order to attract broader support. Ralph Reed, longtime director of the Christian Coalition, once summed up the value of the quiet approach: “It's like guerrilla warfare. If you reveal your location, all it does is allow your opponent to improve his artillery bearings. It's better to move quietly, with stealth, under cover of night. ... It comes down to whether you want to be the British army in the Revolutionary War or the Viet Cong. History tells us which tactic was more effective.

According to a search of the Nexis database, Reed last appeared on Fox on the May 17 edition of Hannity.

UPDATE

Reed reportedly cited Mao approvingly

From an October 25, 1992, Seattle Times article (accessed from the Nexis database):

Televangelist Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition plans to distribute in Washington state an estimated 500,000 copies of its 1992 Voter Guide - a move one news report describes as part of a long-term plan for conservative Christians to control U.S. politics by the end of the century.

But Ralph Reed Jr., executive director of the Chesapeake, Va.-based coalition, called The Phoenix Gazette story ”stupid" and said the Christian Coalition's guide was nonpartisan, laying out where candidates for the White House, Congress and the statehouse stand on issues ranging from abortion and gay rights to educational vouchers and a balanced-budget amendment.

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In a recent phone interview with The Phoenix Gazette, Reed said that the war metaphor is apt.

“Mao Tse-Tung said politics is war without bloodshed,” he said. “Clearly, there are some metaphors that sit nicely with politics.”