Oops! Republican now says no need to change nominating rules

On Thursday, the Republican National Committee's rules panel rejected a bid by Oregon RNC committeeman Solomon Yue aimed at making it harder for a new presidential candidate to emerge from this July's GOP convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

In little-noticed remarks at Thursday's meeting, RNC general counsel John Ryder said existing rules already require the presiding officer to get a two-thirds majority vote to permit new nominations.