Romney has zero chance to reach the head of a ticket.
Mitt has never reached an approval rating higher than twenty five percent among Republicans despite all the money he pours into his campaign.
He never will either.
If he ever makes it onto a ticket at all, it will be as VP.
I hope you’re right - and that he doesn’t even make it as VP. It’s possible that he just has a big propaganda machine going for him that makes him seem further ahead than he is; if nothing else, he does have bunches of bucks.