Officially, Romney is focused on the campaign and is not wasting any time debating, even internally, who might join his Cabinet and senior staff. But behind the scenes, operatives wired into the Romney campaign have gotten scads of clues and have developed an extremely specific sense of the direction he would probably head.

So with the caveat that informed speculation is still speculation, here are the top names who have an inside track to the White House, according to people close to Romney:

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* Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute who worked in the House and Senate earlier in his career, gets mentioned as a possible chief of staff or Energy secretary.

* One Hispanic official who is liked and trusted in the Romney campaign is Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño, whose wife, Luce Vela Fortuño, is scheduled to introduce Ann Romney at this week’s convention. Commerce or Interior are possibilities.

* Ben Ginsberg has handled the campaign’s most sensitive legal matters — including Romney’s tax returns, the vetting of vice presidential candidates and debate negotiations — and would be the most obvious choice for White House counsel.

* Others likely to be named to such a broad strategic role as Myers include Peter Flaherty, a top aide since the governor’s office, and Bob White, a boyhood friend who went on to work with Romney at Bain Capital.

* Kerry Healey, who was Romney’s lieutenant governor, advises the campaign on foreign policy and could take a similar role in the White House.

* Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), who worked in the White House for both George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, and former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is popular around the Boston headquarters for his loyalty, could well get a top nomination as a consolation prize for not being picked for vice president. They would be in the mix for top Cabinet jobs, with Portman considered Treasury material and Pawlenty something smaller, perhaps Education.

* Secretary of State: Robert Zoellick, former World Bank president and Goldman Sachs executive who was deputy secretary of state, could get the top job. In diplomatic circles, this is seen as very likely.

* Health and Human Services secretary: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal would be considered and would likely take it as more experience to run for president down the road.

* Energy secretary: In addition to the buzz about being chief of staff, Gerard would be looked at for this. Others include oil billionaire Harold Hamm, a top Romney energy campaign adviser, and several veterans of the George W. Bush administration, including former White House environmental adviser James Connaughton.

Others include Linda Stuntz, a Romney campaign surrogate who was a former deputy Energy secretary under George H.W. Bush, and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), who formerly chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee and shepherded major energy legislation to passage.

* Transportation secretary: Possibilities include Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, which would let Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, Romney’s Virginia chairman, run as an incumbent and avoid an ugly primary; Marion Blakey, former head of the Federal Aviation Administration and chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board; and Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who will be term-limited out of his gavel at the end of the year.

Alexander Burns, Darius Dixon, Reid Epstein, Darren Goode, Maggie Haberman, James Hohmann, Bob King, Jonathan Martin, Andrew Restuccia, Lois Romano, Jedd Rosche and Kathryn Wolfe contributed to this report.