“Do you think that by the convention it will be split that it will go brokered and Newt might pull it off? Just wondering how that would work.”
With Newt staying in I don’t think Romney will have the requisite 1144 delegates to win the nomination outright. There will be 2 months between the last primary and the convention. If Newt can finish strong in the later primaries and he goes into the convention strong, with momentum, anything can happen. If the delegates vote based on the 4 candidates making an impassioned plea for their respective candidacies at the convention, I’m putting my money on Newt.
There are 580 unbound delegates out of 2280 total who can vote for any candidate. So if Romney does not have 1144 delegates prior to the national convention, anything can happen in the first round voting. After the first round, every delegate becomes unbound, therefore, he/she can vote for any candidate. In this case, an inspiring speaker like Newt will have good chance to win over majority of delegates.