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Reince Priebus has been the target of criticism over a 2012 election post-mortem report that has riled Republican Party conservatives. (Associated Press)

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IN HOT SEAT: Reince Priebus has been the target of criticism over a 2012 election post-mortem report that has riled Republican Party conservatives. (Associated Press)

**FILE** Rep. Phil Gingrey (center), Georgia Republican and obstetrician, speaks June 28, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington by the GOP Doctors Caucus in response to the Supreme Court ruling on President Obama's health care plan. (Associated Press)

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“Rather than seeking to grow and mobilize the energetic pro-life majority, the GOP has allowed itself to operate solely on the defensive,” says Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List. (Courtesy of the Susan B. Anthony List)

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After wining and dining some Senate Republicans, President Obama is heading to Capitol Hill this week to try to make more friends in the GOP. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is calling for the GOP to adopt a more restrained and less interventionist approach to global affairs, and is embracing the sequester cuts to the defense budget that have military hawks in a tizzy. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, wraps up a news conference Feb. 26, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he and GOP leaders challenged President Obama and the Senate to avoid the automatic spending cuts set to take effect four days later. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Then-Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer talks with reporters after receiving a vote of confidence from the executive committee of state GOP in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Tallahassee Democrat, Bill Cotterell)