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Originally Posted by Butter_of_69
A brokered convention that picks Cruz or Rubio instead of Trump by combining their delegates together?
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I heard NPR interviewing Asa Hutchinson last night (GOP Gov AR) and he made the point that the correct term is "contested convention" as opposed to "brokered convention" since he's not sure there's anyone who could act as an actual broker this year.
Short of the corpse of Reagan, I can't think of a single Republican politician sufficiently respected by Trump, Cruz & Rubio to engineer a deal.
My guesses, in order of probability, are probably this:
1. Someone arrives at the convention with a majority. Done.
2. Trump & Cruz do a deal.
3. Starting with the 2nd vote, there's a series of votes where a wide range of candidates see their stock rise and fall in real time as delegates try to coalesce around a winner. Who's "on the table" will depend on a) who's present at the convention and b) who can win on social media.