Priebus is expected to push RNC members on Friday to cease viewing the political landscape as a series of battleground states and rather build the party into a national brand that can compete in the states that have slipped off the national radar.
“Just three presidents ago, in ’88, Republicans won easily in places like California, Illinois, Connecticut and Delaware,” Priebus is expected to say. “If we make the commitment, we can win again.”
Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations for the IRS, arrives for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the investigation of the IRS' targeting of political groups. Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right to not testify and caused a protest from some committee members when she offered an opening statement and engaged in dialogue with members before invoking the right.
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