RNC Seeks to Gain Control Over Primary Calendar

“For Republicans yearning for a less front-loaded, more orderly
presidential nominating contest, the long national nightmare may be
over,” Beth Reinhard reports.

The RNC “is poised this week to enact
its toughest crackdown yet on states that try to infringe on the
special, first-in-the-nation status afforded to Iowa, New Hampshire,
South Carolina, and Nevada. Florida.”

First Read: “Of course, many a national party has tried to dictate to the early
states when they should hold their contests and never have they
succeeded. Usually, the early states end up earlier than requested. Hard
to imagine that pattern doesn’t hold.”

Meanwhile, Time reports the search is underway for a site for the 2016 GOP convention.