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Through that process, as soon as somebody reaches 50% plus a little bit over 50% then it's all over. doesn't matter that it was brokered, doesn't 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. let's 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 candidates were chosen and now what we talk about every four years. >> when dinosaurs and party bos...

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 leaving the party. so let's go straight to senior political rather nia-malika henderson who has the ...

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 don't think he'll -- i'm 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's faced so far. if he's able to win, illinois, though, doesn't put anybody away. >> how possible...

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 doesn't work in presidential politics. the reason mitt romney hasn't come up with something is it ain't mitt romney. he's a moderate liberal from massachusetts. >> around the stable, starting with kimberly. does mitt romney have to win michigan to stay most electable. >> i think he'll get the nomination, he needs michigan. >> can he win without michigan? >> he can but he has to go to a convention without 1,044 votes. >>...

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 doesn't work in presidential politics. the reason mitt romney hasn't come up with something is it ain't mitt romney. he's a moderate liberal from massachusetts. >> around the stable, starting with kimberly. does mitt romney have to win michigan to stay most electable. >> i think he'll get the nomination, he needs michigan. >> can he win without michigan? >> he can but he has to go to a convention without 1,044 votes. >>...