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GOP Chairman Reince Priebus says "lousy job of branding," "ridiculous" number of debates led to 2012
Source: CBS News
March 17, 2013 12:25 PM
GOP Chairman Reince Priebus says "lousy job of branding," "ridiculous" number of debates led to 2012 loss
By Robert Hendin
It's the age old question: "What went wrong?" How did the Republican Party lose a presidential election against a weak incumbent with a bad economy, and lost seats in both the House and the Senate, only two years after its historic gains in the 2010 midterms? What went wrong and how to fix it for the next time was the goal of a massive study to be released Monday by the Republican National Committee.
"This is unprecedented, and it's something we had to do," said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, previewing the report on "Face the Nation." He told host Bob Schieffer the "huge" effort will include significant changes to the most high profile Republican event of the campaign.
"I'm calling for a convention in June or July," Preibus said. "We're going to set up a commission that's going to make that decision. I'm going to be a part of that. I'm going to chair that commission, but no more August conventions."
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"One of the reasons why Mitt Romney was a sitting duck for two months over the summer is under the campaign finance law he couldn't use money he had already raised until after he received nomination for president in August. I believe that our primary process is way too long. I think our calendar needs to be looked at. I think our debate calendar needs to be shrunk. I think we had way too many debates with our candidates slicing and dicing each other and I think they had to wait too long to get to the convention," Priebus said.
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GOP Chairman Reince Priebus says "lousy job of branding," "ridiculous" number of debates led to 2012 loss
By Robert Hendin
It's the age old question: "What went wrong?" How did the Republican Party lose a presidential election against a weak incumbent with a bad economy, and lost seats in both the House and the Senate, only two years after its historic gains in the 2010 midterms? What went wrong and how to fix it for the next time was the goal of a massive study to be released Monday by the Republican National Committee.
"This is unprecedented, and it's something we had to do," said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, previewing the report on "Face the Nation." He told host Bob Schieffer the "huge" effort will include significant changes to the most high profile Republican event of the campaign.
"I'm calling for a convention in June or July," Preibus said. "We're going to set up a commission that's going to make that decision. I'm going to be a part of that. I'm going to chair that commission, but no more August conventions."
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"One of the reasons why Mitt Romney was a sitting duck for two months over the summer is under the campaign finance law he couldn't use money he had already raised until after he received nomination for president in August. I believe that our primary process is way too long. I think our calendar needs to be looked at. I think our debate calendar needs to be shrunk. I think we had way too many debates with our candidates slicing and dicing each other and I think they had to wait too long to get to the convention," Priebus said.
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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57574764/gop-chairman-reince-priebus-says-lousy-job-of-branding-ridiculous-number-of-debates-led-to-2012-loss/
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Sounds good to me
