(Monday Morning RNC Staff Meeting - I'm a Back Bencher)
Elisabeth Steil, executive assistant, has the conference call set up. "Mr. Priebus, we're ready to start."
No less than 67 people are on the conference call and about 25 are in the room.
"Reince, this is Chris Young. I'm in New Orleans today and I'm getting heavy blowback from the Journal editorial by Kim Strassel."
Reince replies, "Chris, that's not on the agenda but I'll give it 90 seconds and you have 30 to give us a summary."
Chris, the National Field Director, appears to be reading from notes; "Thanks. Kim Strassel of the Wall Street Journal espouses a proposal by Eric O'Keefe, a grassroots activist, calling for delegates to vote for whoever they choose. Basically ignore the voters."
Reince jumps in, "Yes, it's so easy for Kimberly and Eric - and I know Eric, he operates in Wisconsin - to decide what is best for the Party. Let me make this unequivocally clear. The voters decide who the candidate will be based on our rules. This is another end run around the leading candidate. Let me ask everyone, are we well served as a Party when a candidate pulls delegates from the candidate chosen by the voters?"
Reince continues, "So Chris, thanks for bringing this up. Kim Strassel has the luxury of writing stories; I have the responsibility to enforce the actions of our voters. Kim's story never asked, What about the voters." I ask that question every day, in every meeting. And when we look to people like Eric O'Keefe for answers, we're really in trouble."
"Elisabeth, we've got a lot of agenda items - get us back on track."
Elisabeth Steil, executive assistant, has the conference call set up. "Mr. Priebus, we're ready to start."
No less than 67 people are on the conference call and about 25 are in the room.
"Reince, this is Chris Young. I'm in New Orleans today and I'm getting heavy blowback from the Journal editorial by Kim Strassel."
Reince replies, "Chris, that's not on the agenda but I'll give it 90 seconds and you have 30 to give us a summary."
Chris, the National Field Director, appears to be reading from notes; "Thanks. Kim Strassel of the Wall Street Journal espouses a proposal by Eric O'Keefe, a grassroots activist, calling for delegates to vote for whoever they choose. Basically ignore the voters."
Reince jumps in, "Yes, it's so easy for Kimberly and Eric - and I know Eric, he operates in Wisconsin - to decide what is best for the Party. Let me make this unequivocally clear. The voters decide who the candidate will be based on our rules. This is another end run around the leading candidate. Let me ask everyone, are we well served as a Party when a candidate pulls delegates from the candidate chosen by the voters?"
Reince continues, "So Chris, thanks for bringing this up. Kim Strassel has the luxury of writing stories; I have the responsibility to enforce the actions of our voters. Kim's story never asked, What about the voters." I ask that question every day, in every meeting. And when we look to people like Eric O'Keefe for answers, we're really in trouble."
"Elisabeth, we've got a lot of agenda items - get us back on track."
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