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Through that process, as soon as somebody reaches 50% plus a little bit over 50% then its all over. doesnt matter that it was brokered, doesnt matter that it was contested. that person is now the nominee. >> tom foreman there with an inside look on how it could happen if it comes to that in july. lets discuss this more. joining me is ron brownstein. so, ron, you know, brokered conventions. these are things that used to happen. >> yeah. >> this used to be the way that decisions were made, how can...

By the way, brokered convention is when no one singular candidate has enough delegates for that nomination. so then you have these deals that are made, brokered, to select the nominee. and that meeting, that was reported in "the washington post," spurred carson today to release this statement in part, it reads like this -- if this was the beginning of a plan to subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elite, i assure you, donald trump will not be the only one ...

Santorum would get a lot of the gingrich vote, but not all of it. a lot of supporters favor an establishment candidate, someone who can win, someone who is an economic conservative. not necessarily a social conservative. so gingrich, i think, will be marginalized now. i dont think hell -- im not sure fully marginalized. that means another guy taking a chunk of delegates keeping romney from getting to a majority overall. if santorum can win in illinois, romney will be facing the biggest crisis he...

Caught fire. >> i can look at the people most likely to win, rockefeller in 1964 and then nixon was not perceived to be the best guy, mcgovern was not. that inevitability thing doesnt work in presidential politics. the reason mitt romney hasnt come up with something is it aint mitt romney. hes a moderate liberal from massachusetts. >> around the stable, starting with kimberly. does mitt romney have to win michigan to stay most electable. >> i think hell get the nomination, he needs michigan. >> ...

Caught fire. >> i can look at the people most likely to win, rockefeller in 1964 and then nixon was not perceived to be the best guy, mcgovern was not. that inevitability thing doesnt work in presidential politics. the reason mitt romney hasnt come up with something is it aint mitt romney. hes a moderate liberal from massachusetts. >> around the stable, starting with kimberly. does mitt romney have to win michigan to stay most electable. >> i think hell get the nomination, he needs michigan. >> ...

Happens in the dynamic of a primary is once somebody starts to win they keep on winning. >> reporter: there are plenty of others, some of the top republican leaders on capitol hill who believe there is a very strong possibility that the g.o.p. could go into the convention in august without a settled nominee. im told there is a lot of activity on that front, not sure exactly how that is going to translate. there are those that believe a brokered or contested convention is a real possibility this ...

Qaeda and islamic terror groups, brokered deals for the palestinians, tried to moderate hamas and said, you know, there are street protests, we are dumping you. what message does it send to other american allies? that said, i think i have one suggestion to the administration which is -- what they are saying publically i dont care about. there is a balance to strike. maybe they can shade it one way or the other. barack obama needs to pick up the phone and make a phone call to hosni mubarak, the p...

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