Newt should just withdraw from certain states, maybe Texas, California, and New York...three big states or the maybe in the winner-take-all states. He could still stay in the race just not in all the states and thus stay vocal and heard until the convention. I think a brokered convention would be outstanding. More free publicity for the Right and make the dem convention look dead.
If it could be executed and he picked the right states, it would work. But we already saw him in OH and MI still pull enough votes away from Rick to make Mitt the winner even though he wasn’t actively competing.
I want a contested convention too and the numbers seem to indicate it won’t happen unless we change from a 3-man to a 2-man race. It’s difficult to predict without having a poll for every single district in the states where allocation is at the district level, but my quick run through the numbers said with Newt and Rick’s votes consolidated under one candidate, they could move 100-250 delegates from Romney to them. Projections in the current race have Mitt hitting around 1,100 delegates, which Newt said would be enough to make him the nominee. Newt said on Greta this week that if Romney is only 30-50 delegates short of 1,144, then Romney will be the nomniee.