I think blaming the RNC.for McCain is a bit of a dodge. He won the primary and caucus system. GOP primary voters, and a few Dems crossing over, gave him the delegates he needed to win.
Despite some disagreement with the system I saw no movement on FR too stay involved and fix it. Essentially the GOP belongs to conservative Americans. FR should take the lead in fixing the RNC if its broken. Frankly the Ron Paul voters are the only ones who seemed to.get this ac/dc invest in the process in off years.
Strong, intelligent black conservatives like Herman Cain, Allen West and Mia Love are hated by liberals because Cain, West and Love make liberal arguments irrelevant.