Opposition research promoted and disseminated by left wing blogs (funded by George Soros & Co).
Priebus has done a good job in Wisconsin, which was the highlight of conservative resurgence in 2010.
The voters of Wisconsin did a good job in Wisconsin. Reince is a mealy mouthed milquetoast who never wants to upset anybody or make any changes. I sat through a meating at a State Assemblyman's house where Priebus was present when we were trying to scramble to get a conservative to run for Senate. At the time, our choices were between a likeable Conservative who did not want to raise money for his own campaign and a wealthy developer who couldn't give a speech and who hadn't (because of tax breaks for his businesses) paid State Income Tax for 5-9 years. We were begging him to get someone who could actually win. All the "names" in Wisconsin were unwilling to run. Reince was in favor of backing the man who couldn't give a speech and who hadn't paid taxes (legal, but the kiss of death for a candidate) because he was independently wealthy. The idea that he found Ron Johnson for us is preposterous. Johnson's name never came up. Johnson came through the Tea Party and Priebus latched on to him after it was shown that there was grass roots backing for Johnson that would not back the wealthy non-taxpayer.
Furthermore, every time someone from the Party actives went to him with a problem (and we have real problems with infighting here) he just ignored it, or failed to show for the meeting. I certainly hope that he chooses someone dynamic to be the "face" of the RNC and confines his wheeling and dealing to the back rooms.
I hope this decision will not come back to bite us.