Maine’s national committeeman Mark Willis, who waged a long-shot challenge to prevent Priebus from getting a second term, has spent much of this year trying to overturn changes made to the party rules at the behest of the Romney campaign ahead of last summer’s national convention. Many of the tweaks will make it harder for an insurgent candidate like Ron Paul to get traction against a well-funded, establishment favorite in 2016. Willis’ resolution to go back to the rules from 2008 went nowhere during a committee hearing this week controlled by party traditionalists. “If they are trying to make peace, then they have a strange way of going about it,” said Willis. “At this point, I’m not seeking peace. I’m seeking justice. There won’t be peace within the party until there is justice for what happened in Tampa.” Read more: politico/story/2013/08/rnc-reince-priebus-ron-paul-95633.html#ixzz2cIA0lRSs
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 04:32:58 +0000