Bruce Ash, one of Arizona's three representatives to the Republican National Committee, won a unanimous vote to head the Rules Committee. The post gives Ash a powerful platform from which to influence the party's presidential nominating process and key procedures within the national party.
Ash had run for the post before, but he lost a July vote to Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer by a narrow margin. Greer was a close ally of RNC Chairman Michael Steele, who backed Greer's bid to become rules chief.
"It's a great day for Arizona. The Rules Committee is a very important committee (that) determines, obviously, how we run the RNC as well as looking at the rules and reconsidering what the rules changes should be for 2012 at the convention," said Randy Pullen, the
state's Republican Party chairman.
As rules chairman, Ash will hold a critical post as the national party undergoes a self-examination over rules influencing the presidential nominating process. A special RNC panel is examining whether, and how, to alter the calendar so that presidential primaries and caucuses are held beginning in February, while most states are allowed to hold their contests in January.
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