Those are the big challenges the next RNC chairman needs to be worrying about.
"I remember it as a crystallizing moment, " says Doug Heye, the RNC's communications director.
The recommendation from the RNC panel to revise immigration laws could prove especially controversial.
This year, they said, neither the RNC nor the McCain campaign has asked for their help.
However, many members believe support from RNC insiders is more important than national endorsements.
And I think you noted where the criticism is coming from -- the RNC.
The RNC has six times as much cash on hand as the Democratic National Committee.
In other states, the three RNC members are allowed to vote for whomever they want.
And even RNC Chair Michael Steele said that the speech empowered so many in so many ways.
Luskin added that until this month, Rove believed his RNC e-mail was being archived and did nothing wrong.
The Clinton-Gore campaign responds to the RNC's "Pledge" and throws the tax hot potato back into Dole's lap.
"We were not able to secure the facts until (Wednesday) afternoon, " the RNC said in a news release.
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No woman has ever been elected to the RNC chairmanship by committee members, and this year was no exception.
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The RNC has employed a full-time press secretary to work with African-American media.
The Republicans, the RNC has a lot more money to spend on ads.
"RNC feels that this is a much better slot for you and they want you on Primetime, " Mason wrote.
Is this a departure from the way the RNC normally appeals to donors?
According to The Huffington Post, the new reality show Honey Boo-Boo topped the ratings of the RNC coverage.
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If the RNC was a consulting firm, it would be in Ch. 11.
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Some think the party should elect one of the three current RNC members in the race rather than an outsider.
Saul Anuzis, the goatee-wearing Michigan GOP chairman, has impressed RNC members with his grasp of new technology and social media.
But the RNC, which has been spending millions of dollars to help McCain, would not say whether it would suspend fundraising.
He served two terms in Congress, representing the Houston area, and then President Nixon asked him to be RNC Chair.
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In some states, the votes of those three RNC members are determined by the outcome of the primary or caucus process.
If there is no consensus candidate by then, it will be only the third contested election for RNC chairman since 1977.
Patrick Ruffini, the former director of the RNC's eCampaign, echoed Erickson's views.
Duncan has garnered more public endorsements from RNC members than any of his opponents and has run a sophisticated re-election campaign.
Clinton said he wanted to reduce taxes, but according to the RNC, he gave the U.S. the largest tax increase in history.
For those other states, the column labeled "UNPL. RNC" shows the number of unpledged RNC member delegates who have endorsed each candidate.
There is no clear front-runner, but because RNC committee members themselves select their leader, there is reason to follow the inside track.
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