ELECTION 2012::RNC chairman faces leadership test with primary calendar shuffle – The Hill
By MB Snow at September 28, 2011 | 11:06 pm | Print
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is facing one of the biggest challenges of his tenure — juggling the party’s presidential primary calendar.
Priebus, who took over the cash-strapped committee at the beginning of the year, has managed to put a serious dent in its debt. But now he has to balance states that want an influential position in the nomination process with the traditional early voting states that want to retain their role in determining the GOP presidential nominee.