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And ron, former communications director to house speaker dennis hastert. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> heather: so as a means of an explanation for our viewer, 123 super delegates, they will attend the republican national convention in tampa this august. they're voting delegates who are not elected or appointed, but included by virtue of their party roles. nearly every state and territory, gop chairman, rnc chairman and rnc committee woman, hold the status. romney already enjoys the backing of 33 of these automatic rnc delegates. if it comes down to his needing the super delegates...

Vanished. the search focusing on areas covered by heavy snow. >> heather: even after the last contest in june, some analysts are estimating mitt romney may still fall short of the 1144 delegates needed for the republican presidential nomination. however, 123 super delegates will attend the gop convention in tampa and they say they could carry enough votes to push romney over the edge if a majority of them support him. let's take a quick look at the current delegate count. mitt romney a 63. rick santorum, 263. newt gingrich currently with 135. ron paul, 50. so if it comes down to his needing th...

I think what's most interesting as you start talking about the convention and the idea of super delegates being needed is you have a lot of republicans harkening back to the democratic 2008 primary. it's a really different situation today. in 2008, you had two candidates the democrats really liked. today you're in a situation where people are still talking about the hail mary kind of mitch daniels or chris christie. you have people saying forget about the presidency and focus on down ballot. the fact that we're having this conversation about a brokered convention pourtends badly for mitt romne...

>> well, i think that is the place where mitt romney has a lot better of a strategy. i think rick santorum is still kind of the guy in the truck with one campaigner going around iowa. i'm not sure that he's campaign has really gotten about that. he's more of a grassroots, conservative base type of guy. if it comes down to these super delegates and the establishment, mitt romney is going to be in a much better position than santorum or anyone else. >> heather: what do you think, ron? >> last summer mitt romney's campaign is telling people that they were prepared for a long grind. they knew this...

Need as many as 90 more. however, i think mitt romney is not going to need this. i think he's going to make the nomination. most people want this -- most republicans want this wrapped up. they're tired of the dragging out. but if he foods super delegates, i do think they're going to swing his way. >> gregg: tim, here -- >> heather: tim, hundreds more will be free o support any delegate in tampa. there is 430 unbound delegates that will vote at the national convention, lying the super delegates we talked about. so do you think that he can do it and get the support needed if it comes down to it?...