Raising money is a big, big plus, of course. However, I think that the RNC et al are having a very tough time in getting small dollar donations from the rank and file Republican base.
This leaves them open to more influence from business and PAC forces which is yielding all this dancing around about specifically how Republicans are going to capitulate on it - for business. I believe if they do this and give these 12-50 million (they have NO idea how many) illegals citizenship, or even a hint of it, they will have a very big backlash at the ballot box.
Raising money is the problem. Vested interest.
There’s a lot of people upset at the SCOTUS for their ruling on campaign finance, but secretly the left is relieved.
Unions - by far - it isn’t even close - are the biggest campaign contributors. Our friends the Koch Bros. are about 54th on the list.
If SCOTUS had gone any other way, the next year would have seen action against the unions. To wit: “If your ‘contributions’ come in states that are not right to work, then they essentially aren’t voluntary, and as such, doesn’t amount to ‘speech’.