To the contrary, it would guarantee Mitt is the nominee. Once brokering starts, it’s all about the entrenched incumbent powers that be deciding, and he’s their choice.
Every four years, the romantics among us start their pipe dreams of a “brokered convention”, whereby order will come out of chaos.
Ain’t gonna happen.
“Darkhorses”, “Favorite Sons” and such have long since passed into history.
As others have already noted, the early primaries will winnow out the under-financed and the under-supported. Those who were in those camps will shift allegiance to a remaining candidate. This process will continue through the next round of primaries, further reducing the field until maybe three candidates are standing entering Super Tuesday. The final nominee will, for all intents and purposes, be decided on that day.
I would rather that the nominee be other than Romney but, if it is, I WILL VOTE FOR HIM IN NOVEMBER.