RNC members upset over massive Mass. intervention

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Republican money is raining on Massachusetts as the Republican Governors’ Association seeks to help perhaps the most liberal GOP gubernatorial candidate in America. And some Republican National Committee members, upset at this development, are asking RNC Chairman Michael Steele to refrain from committing RNC funds to the race.

The RGA, headed by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, has already spent more than $1 million attacking independent candidate Tim Cahill, a former Democrat who serves as the state’s treasurer. With incumbent Gov. Deval Patrick, D, considered weak, Cahill may be the biggest threat to a Republican victory in the race. He is also the most conservative candidate of the three.

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