From NRO’s The Corner:
When Reince Priebus became chairman of the Republican National Committee in January, it was $24 million in debt and had only $350,000 in cash on hand. By the end of March, however, the debt had dropped to $19.8 million and the cash had grown to $3.2 million. Last quarter, in fact, the GOP raised $17.7 million in total.
“We had a good first quarter,” Priebus tells National Review Online, “because we spent a lot of time on the phones, rebuilding trust and reinvigorating our major-donor program, which I think needed some TLC. We’re providing that every single day here and building that network.”…
This is important as we head in to 2012 – the disarray at the RNC probably cost us half a dozen House and one or two Senate seats in 2010. While the RNC isn’t the wizard of political victory, having a national organization firmly on message and in strong financial position is key to national victory. We lost some good opportunities – hopefully, by the time 2012 dawns we’ll have a well-oiled RNC to coordinate all efforts.
My hat’s off to Priebus on this – he’s doing a good job and I pray for his continued success.
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