Priebus harnessed recalcitrant Republicans to support Trump, dedicated a lot of RNC resources to his election, and is an effective manager (though not as effective as Kellyanne Conway, IMO.)
And he’s a friend of Ryan’s, so he might be able to help with Congressional relations. (But they already have Pence for that.)
Unfortunately, as Chief of Staff, he’ll probably bring in a lot of Establishemnt Republicans who don’t share — or even see — Trump’s vision, and as Morton Blackwell reminds us, “personnel is policy.”
“Priebus harnessed recalcitrant Republicans to support Trump, dedicated a lot of RNC resources to his election, and is an effective manager...”
And with those recalcitrant Republicans flowed multi-millions of dollars in last minute advertising from their Super-Pacs that helped seal the Trump deal.
Reince will do a great job or Trump will replace him, and he knows that. He chose Reince wisely and we should have some faith in his decisions until proven otherwise.