RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, center, speaks with Mike Huckabee, left, over lunch at the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting, Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 23, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Huckabee isn’t rushing to have his name included among the crowded field of potential Republican presidential candidates. But he isn’t closing the door, either, as he meets Thursday with the GOP’s cardinals at the Republican National Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Richard Nixon is the listener in his White House Oval Office as George Bush, chairman of the Republican National Committee talks with him, March 9, 1973. The interested spectator at center is Janet Johnston, co-chairman of the RNC. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
Chairman Reince Priebus says the Republican National Committee made a full effort the campaign for Virginia governor, including a $3 million financial commitment and the deployment of more than 60 full-time staff members to aid Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II.
**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a new conference following a meeting at the Republican National Committee offices on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 23, 2013. (Associated Press)