article_snippet.sent: Republican calendar concerns filled our Sunday trip around the "Inside Politics" table.
article_snippet.sent: Heading into the 2016 cycle, the Republican National Committee used the Republican National Committee muscle to make some changes to the presidential nominating process, including fewer sanctioned debates and a primary calendar that was less front-loaded.
article_snippet.sent: Now, some big GOP establishment figures are worried some changes to the presidential nominating process, including fewer sanctioned debates and a primary calendar that was less front-loaded could help candidates who make the establishment cringe -- especially Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
article_snippet.sent: But more and more leading establishment figures are grumbling changes designed with the best of intentions might end up hurting more and more leading establishment figures favorites -- people like Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio -- and helping those with strong evangelical connections -- like former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Cruz.
highlights_snippet.sent: Republican concerns about the new 2016 primary calendar .