strategist ted divine, senior adviser for kerry and gore campaigns. and michael steel, former rnc chairman. thank you both for being here tonight. >> michael. >> good to see you. >> how can they convince party leaders to drop the reservations they seem to have about him. what does he do here michael. >> i think the reservations are still a legitimate part of the narrative here regardless of wherer with with the delical delegate count. i think there is still some fence mending and some grass roots building that has to go on and is going on quite frankly, reverend. i think we've got a little bit of time still, not much though, for that to conclude itself. you've already started the conversation. that's not going to go on for the next three months. i think that will die down in short order because romney will send appropriate yit signals that's not going to be a part of his public discussion. and so he can get back to the