Mike Allen quoting RNC Chair Priebus on “Face the Nation:”

“[O]ne of the reasons why Mitt Romney was a sitting duck for two months over the summer is under the campaign finance law, he couldn’t use money he had already raised until after he received nomination for president in August. I believe that our primary process is way too long. I think our calendar needs to be looked at. I think our debate calendar needs to be shrunk. I think we had way too many debates with our candidates slicing and dicing each other and I think they had to wait too long to get to the convention. I’m calling for a convention in June or July. We’re going to set up a commission that’s going to make that decision. I’m going to be a part of that. I’m going to chair that commission, but no more August conventions.”

I will be interested to hear from others whether Romney was a sitting duck those few months, or whether Super PAC and 501c spending on his behalf was freely flowing during that period attacking Obama.