ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday [2-21-19] he expects to make a springtime trip to New Hampshire as he weighs a 2020 challenge to Donald Trump — and accused the Republican National Committee of going to extraordinary lengths to shield the president from a potentially draining primary…During its annual winter meeting earlier this year, the RNC passed a resolution giving the president its ‘undivided support’ ahead of the 2020 election. Trump has also rolled out a 2020 campaign organization that incorporates the RNC and his campaign into a single entity, with the reelection campaign and committee merging their field and fundraising programs into a joint entity known as Trump Victory. Traditionally, a presidential reelection committee has worked side-by-side with the national party committee but not overtaken it. The arrangement, Hogan suggested, stemmed from worry on the part of senior Republicans that the president could be vulnerable to a primary challenge.”
–Alex Isenstadt, “Larry Hogan rips RNC for shielding Trump from primary challenge,” Politico, February 21, 2019 4:31 pm