Yeah right. He can't handle the candidates on on one in the Primary. What makes you think he can do anything at a convention? So far all of Newts ideas on winning have failed. See "Southern Strategy".
Anyone can see he is not doing well and I don’t think it has to do with his ideas, it has to do with media perception that he is an angry man amplified by negative advertising against him as well as hordes of dem crossover voters in an open primary.
I think it is great that Newt’s continued participation leads to a brokered convention. He will increase the chance of Romney being defeated and keep Santorum pitching for the conservative bloc.
In the primary the delegates go with the choice of the voters but at the convention they can go with their gut. The convention is free of negative ads and voters will get to see the true contrast not the media filtered one.
More importantly the convention is free of dem crossover voters.
Regardless of Newt’s odds at securing the nomination at a brokered convention, he can defeat Romney by simply endorsing Santorum and by doing so he can extract agreements that keep Santorum closer to Newt’s brand of conservatism.
The bottomline minimum will be to defeat Romney.