Inside the RNC’s digital ‘War Room’

Published April 23, 2012 4:00am ET



ABC’s Jake Tapper gets a sneak peek inside the RNC’s “War Room” where a crew of nearly a dozen staffers watch President Obama’s every move and scour the media for any campaign gaffes or mistakes.

(Note a brief cameo of the Washington Examiner’s campaign website at 3:01)

“We said from the very beginning … we were going to get this building in fighting shape for the Republican nominee, and part of that – in today’s news cycle, 24/7 – is to be on things instantly,” responds RNC Chairman Reince Priebus in the interview.