politics. it's meant to be a long process, and this is a testing approach and so far we're doing pretty well. >> i'm certainly in it all the way to the convention. at the rate we're going, you could have the first open convention since 1940 which would give you manager to cover that you would just love. i have no idea how this is going to evolve. >> joining us is former rnc chairman michael steel. you have santorum re-emerging big-time on tuesday. and then we have a couple of rough weeks, some gaps in there. newt gingrich, now frankly not being talked about very much, and you've got all these new delegate rules for republicans. are you gearing up for the long haul? >> i did from the very beginning over a year ago. when we wrote the rules. this is a vetting process, where you don't have this thing ending on the beginning of february, or