I don’t think it would be simple to convince the Romney delegates which would be necessary to accomplish the goal.
I’m still not sure of your plan here, but let me know if one congeals.
The other question is who would the delegates agree on for the notRomney candidate; would this person accept; would you and others accept them?
You dont need all of them. Just enough to keep him even one short of the total required. It can be done, with the right encouragement.
As far as who would it be if not him... Dunno, but Im sure it wouldn’t be Romney in the end. It would be a healthy exercise to hammer out a nomination that all conservative could get behind. As long as the nominee isn’t a socialist, big government statist. Ill be able to stomach voting for him.
Granted, it wouldn’t be easy, but nothing worth it ever really is. You just have to be willing to put yourself through it and do it.