And now, for today's dose of Inside Baseball.
It appears that the Republican National Committee has squashed efforts to repeal the Silly Willy campaign's changes to party rules last summer. But one Romney regulation did crash and burn — the one allowing primary/caucus winners automatic control of their delegates — thanks to a restless band of Paulites and their wingnut fellow travelers.
In the words of POLITICO, "A nearly four-hour fight at the RNC spring meeting, which unfolded in a windowless ballroom of a fancy hotel, showcased the mounting tension between the establishment and movement conservatives...over the direction of the party in the wake of last November’s electoral thumping."
So, aside from the fact that we all love it when Republicans fight with each other, what does it all mean?
That even though Rancid Pieface did not face a serious re-election challenge as chair, he does not control the party.
That the GOP establishment in Washington doesn't control it, either.
That the party "autopsy" — which was exactly what we knew it was, a group of five insiders indulging in fantasy — will not pass easily as a package. The GOP will have to cat-fight over its recommendations one excruciating syllable at time. So they'll spend months litigating reform instead of prepping for 2014 or 2016.
Or, they could fight out the autopsy reforms during the 2014 and 2016 primaries — which will mean more protracted arguments, and more (not fewer) nutcase nominees.
Just another Akin-esque distraction from fixing the party! We cats PURR.
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