The Republican National Committee may sit on Capitol Hill, but its fate is being decided in Manhattan, where the field of contenders to run it has narrowed to two leading candidates, Michigan GOP chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel and Nick Ayers, a Republican operative currently serving as an aide to Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
High in Trump Tower, dueling factions in President-elect Donald Trump’s orbit have lined up behind each of the candidates, according to half a dozen people familiar with the discussions…
“I’m making the assumption that Reince Priebus, who has the ear of the president, is pretty much going to have 90 percent of the decisionmaking about who succeeds him, because he understands how delicate and how important the vehicle is,” said Steel. “So if it’s some name I’m not familiar with, I’ll have to assume Reince endorses it and that he thinks it’s a good idea.”…
Christie, who was leading the Trump transition until mid-November, when he was replaced by Pence, lobbied for the post last week and was quickly shot down, according to a transition aide. “He has been totally politically decapitated in a sad way,” another transition official said. “Just brutal.”
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