To suggest that national polls don't reflect what is going on in the states is being a bit obtuse. Mitt might have his pet states in the northeast and he has been working Iowa hard, but that won't win the nomination. Thompson is out polling Mitt by 2 to 1. No matter how you divide that between the states that is not good news for Mitt.
It is good news if you consider that he is ahead in the early primary states and by year’s end will have $100 million in the bank to spend running tv ads ahead of super Tuesday. Look, don’t get me started. Folks in Nebraska and North Carolina haven’t the fainest idea of who Mitt Romney is. They will most likely only realize there is a primary coming up when they see the headlines about romney winning in Iowa and new Hampshire. We are way ahead of schedule here. It reminds me of 2004 when howard dean had a 20 point advantage in the national polls for most of the year, kerry was running third, but after Iowa everything changed and he only won in vermont. We still have a long way to go.