adam wollner, why are these terms entering the political dialogue now? possibility is because there has been a good chance that no candidate will come into the republican convention in july in cleveland with the majority of delegates for the nomination. donald trump is only the only candidate who has a viable mathematical path to get there. ,ed cruz would need to win 80% john kasich, it is mathematically impossible. he can't even win the nomination. donald trump is really the only candidate who has an opportunity to reach this magic number, but he very does not and no candidate enters the convention without that magic number, 1237, it becomes contested. host: all the coverage of conventions has been largely a coronation ceremony. help us define the terms. your talking about a contention -- contested convention, people talk about brokered. adam: there is a slight difference but they generally mean the same thing. if no candidate has majority of , it is open because no candidate has clinched the nomination. as you mentioned, it is kind of a foregone conclu

host: adam wollner is a political correspondent for the "national journal."t to pittsburgh. our democrats line. caller: good morning. i would like to get the reporter's opinion about something i saw last night on the rachel maddow show. she had the man who organized for ron paul during the 2012 campaign. he said that donald trump is not that organized. when they get to the state convention, he said in fact louisiana had theirs already. he said, i guarantee you donald trump delegates are not going to be loyal to donald trump after that first ballot, because i guarantee they are left over rick santorum and mitt romney delegates from 2012. donald trump has not been organized enough to get slates in all of these state conventions. his opinion was, unless donald trump walks in with 1237, if he walks in with 1236, they will not be loyal after that first ballot. he has zero chance of getting the nomination no matter how bad it looks. i would like his opinion on that. guest: that is a great point. donald trump does not have the -- has not had the strongest amount of

host: adam wollner is a political reporter for national journal.emocrats, for ,02-748-2001 for republicans 202-748-2002 for independents. party leaders hope the gop still worth in cleveland will derail candidates they hope to lose in november. that is pretty high hope. adam: it goes back to that, we entered the first round of balloting in the convention, most of the delegates are bound. when i get to the second and third round and beyond that, more than 3/4 of the delegates become on down to. a lot of them are. they have been in the party for a while, chances are they are not happy with donald trump. this may be the last chance from publicans who want to stop trump . it is turning these delegates against trump at the convention. 40t: you mentioned this rule , and we had a tweet about that, a question for you. does that rule required eight state wins, requiring eight only wins, to put a person apply to the first ballot and not -- is it just the first ballot or beyond? adam: it is a majority of delegates, you don't have to necessarily win eight state

host: adam wollner is a political reporter for national journal.ts, for ,02-748-2001 for republicans 202-748-2002 for independents. party leaders hope the gop still worth in cleveland will derail candidates they hope to lose in november. that is pretty high hope. adam: it goes back to that, we entered the first round of balloting in the convention, most of the delegates are bound. when i get to the second and third round and beyond that, more than 3/4 of the delegates become on down to. a lot of them are. they have been in the party for a while, chances are they are not happy with donald trump. this may be the last chance from publicans who want to stop trump . it is turning these delegates against trump at the convention. 40t: you mentioned this rule , and we had a tweet about that, a question for you. does that rule required eight state wins, requiring eight only wins, to put a person apply to the first ballot and not -- is it just the first ballot or beyond? adam: it is a majority of delegates, you don't have to necessarily win eight states. mig

and adam wollner will discuss the difference between brokered and contested political conventions.lky mankoff about vladimir putin's decision to withdraw the russian military from syria. ♪ good morning. it is saturday, march 19, 2016. you've been watching the program regularly you have noticed the scaffolding on the capital which is now beginning to come down as workers of nearly finished fixing the capitol dome. here on this program will ask you with the first 45 minutes or so about your ideas for fixing politics. this after a week of a brewing supreme court fight, contentious hearings on capitol hill, and continued heated words on the campaign trail. your ideas to fix politics. (202) 748-8000 the line for democrats. four republicans, (202) 748-8001