The Republican National Committee is laying off several staffers from its finance and coalitions departments, National Journal’s Reid Wilson reports. The cuts in coalitions are particularly striking, for that department was Steele’s idea. “Making cuts to the coalitions department will cause a sigh of relief with members of the committee who saw a bloated department more focused on . . . handing out cufflinks and commemorative coins than actually helping elect Republicans,” one “RNC insider” tells Wilson. Read the article here.