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I am not surprised by this. Given his track record of surrounding himself with Yes-men, this will more than likely be a bad thing. With the possible silver lining of all that campaign money being wasted on legal defense fees, might just be enough to hurt his reelection chances.
But my honest question is, does this not normally happen when a candidate becomes the presumptive nominee?
The real damage will be done to down-ballot candidates who need party support to mount a serious bid for office.
Seriously, nothing could make me happier than this dysfunctional, demented dick bag taking charge of the RNC. Everything he runs, he sucks dry and runs into the ground. So long as he doesn't get elected, maybe this is the death knell of the Republican party. Where are my progressive peeps at to break off from the Dems and form a new party and get shot on track?
No, I don't recall the entire leadership of the party changing when the nominee for President is firmed up. Normally, the party committee's job is not to get any one person elected, it's to organize the fund raising and spending efforts to give the party the best shot at all the major races, from President to Congress to Governors and State Legislators. Since the President is the biggest job on the ticket, you always expect the party leadership to back their nominee, of course. But I don't recall changes this major this close to the convention.
This is likely an attempt to make sure the RNC pays his legal bills, and doesn't move to abandon him, even if he gets convicted.