Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said Monday that the party is going forward with its reorganized convention in response to Tropical Storm Isaac and denied that there’s a plan in the works to shorten the convention even more.
“There are no plans right now to shorten the convention at all,” Priebus said in response to a question from The Daily Caller during a gaggle with reporters Monday afternoon. “We’re full steam ahead starting tomorrow with the business.” (RELATED: Priebus responds to Chris Matthews: ‘If more than 10 people actually watched his show, I’d actually care’)
The National Journal reported Monday that officials were discussing worst-case scenario plans where the “convention conceivably could be as short as a single day” depending on how bad Tropical Storm Isaac ends up nailing the Gulf Coast.
“We’re going to be nimble,” Priebus told TheDC. “We need to make sure that we’re making smart, intelligent decisions but right now we’re moving forward. We’ve not had a single conversation about doing anything other than moving forward.”
GOP officials postponed all of Monday’s speakers because of threats from the storm on Tampa. Organizers ended up packing the originally scheduled four days worth of speakers into three days.