Reince: Contested Convention ‘Not Impossible’ But ‘Unlikely’

DICKERSON: "What do you make of these — the talk about the convention? Let’s start with Mitt Romney. He’s basically said, everybody who’s not Donald Trump should have a strategy where Marco Rubio wins in Florida, Kasich wins in Ohio, denies him the number of delegates he would need to get the nomination. What do you think of such a planned strategy?"
PRIEBUS: "Well, I don’t really think anything of it. I mean I — my role is to basically be 100 percent behind whoever gets 1,237 delegates. I’m not going to do anything to help someone get 1,237 delegates, nor am I going to do anything to prevent someone from getting 1,237 delegates. But, keep in mind what’s going on here. We have a political party, both — two political parties. These folks are running to join our political party as our nominee. So, yes, they pledged to support the event nominee. They want to take part in the process. And eventually we’ll get to that point. They will join — one person will join our party and we will be 100 percent behind that person."
DICKERSON: "What do you — for Republicans out there who are watching, when they hear about contested convention, there are rules to fight this out in Cleveland."
PRIEBUS: "Sure."
DICKERSON: "In other words, it’s not a dirty word, right?"
PRIEBUS: "No." 
DICKERSON: "It — OK. So there is a process for — with rules. A contested convention could be possible. So that’s OK. It’s not that —"
PRIEBUS: "It’s not impossible. I still think it’s unlikely."
DICKERSON: "OK."
PRIEBUS: "But it’s not impossible. No. I was general counsel, John, for two years before being chairman for six. I know the rules inside and out. I’ll be prepared for anything. But I still think it’s a — very early to have this conversation. I think that in the month, if we’re sitting in a situation where candidates are tied, then I think in a month you start looking at those possibilities. But right now we’ve got a long way to go."