Dan Riehl says Reince Priebus will appoint Nick Ayers as political director of the Republican National Committee if he wins the chairmanship. “[Priebus is] going to be Haley’s lightweight,” one of Riehl’s sources says. That Haley is Mississippi governor — and rumored presidential hopeful — Haley Barbour. Ayers, readers will remember, served as executive director of the Republican Governors’ Association while Barbour was chair. RNC Watch put in a call to Ayers but never heard back. Read Riehl’s post here.