* Word from Republican National Chairman Reince Preibus is that their next presidential selection process is going to be shortened. According to Preibus, the GOP has learned a valuable lesson from the last primary cycle and wants to avoid the six-month, “slice and dice” process that was ultimately damaging to Republican candidates. Preibus, however, gave a strong indication that other lessons remain to be learned. “We’re not doing a total overhaul,” noted Preibus. “We could very well field another array of candidates ideologically unappealing to mainstream America.”
* The Arizona Republican Party censured Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., citing a voting record they say isn’t nearly conservative enough. McCain’s office issued a terse response attributed to the senator: “I thought putting Sarah Palin on the ticket in ’08 gave me a life-long pass.”