in. for more on the top 25 most influential leaders of all time, check out grio.com. now, we re going to say congratulations, you re got the job, and then condolences because you ve got the job. it s a catch-22. what some people are saying about reince priebus, the new chair of the republican national committee. the party has $20 million in debt, a lot of house cleaning to do after scandals and all before the 2012 presidential race. ari berman with the nation and prince ellen smiths a republican strategist. i want to start with who is this guy? why would he want this job? is he the anti-steele? no, that s such a great question. i m actually one of the few people that actually knew mr. priebus. propertiesers were scrambling to figure out the correct spelling of his name. i met him when i worked for newt gingrich, i helped him put together the wisconsin gop
what we expect michael steele to do okay on the first ballot and do worse as it goes along. the other people, no one outside of you, i, and a hundred other people have heard of, but that s what they re focusing on. i m the anti-steele. i m not going to make a lot of news. i m going to be a shepherd of this party. $20 million in debt after the 2010 election. they want a steward. that s very likely not michael steele. and they need someone who can deal with the new party rules that come into play in wo years. thank you, chris cillizza. that does it for us for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. follow us online and on twooitt. tamron hall has a look at what s next on news nation. in our next hour president obama challenged the nation to be as good as she imagined. people are right now lining up for the funeral of the youngest victim in the tucson tragedy. we ll have live coverage of little christina green s gb.