<p>Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus fears his party is in dire straights if they lose next year&rsquo;s election. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re cooked as a party for quite a while if we don&rsquo;t win in 2016,&rdquo; he told the <em>Washington Examiner. ;</em></p>
<p>News agencies snatched the comment. According to the <em>Gateway Pundit</em>: <em>The Republican Party was &ldquo;cooked&rdquo; a long time ago when they started treating their base with outright contempt.</em></p>
<p>Priebus told the <em>Examiner</em> that a GOP president is essential after two terms of Democratic control. &ldquo;History is on our side,&rdquo; he said, adding that he does not anticipate a disaster for his party in the upcoming election. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Our job as a national party is to elect Republicans, and it generally means House, Senate, presidential,&rdquo; he said when asked how he views the GOP&rsquo;s role in down-ballot races, especially considering how important it is to win back the presidency after eight years of Obama. ;</p>
<p>Priebus explained that &ldquo;it&rsquo;s very difficult to govern in this country &ndash; especially in Washington, DC,&rdquo; if you don&rsquo;t hold the presidency. ;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re viewed at in a presidential year as the presidential committee that is responsible for helping elect the president, but at the same time, we have a responsibility to help pay for the ground operation in every targeted US Senate race and the targeted Congressional race as well, so it is our job to do all three.&#8221; ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I do think we&rsquo;re cooked as a party for quite a while if we don&rsquo;t win in 2016,&rdquo; he told the <em>Examiner</em>. &ldquo;So I do think that it&rsquo;s going to be hard to dig out of something like that.&#8221;</p>