Mitt Romney's campaign has been a model of efficiency and professionalism. But this hasn't translated into the kind of support nationally that makes him a viable candidate.While Romney is doing very well in several early contests - he's ahead in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Michigan - in national polls Romney barely breaks into double figures. The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll has Mitt in 4th place nationally with 10% trailing McCain (15%), Thompson (23%) and Giuliani (30%). And his fundraising has fallen off slightly. This past quarter, Romney announced that he raised $10 million, a decent amount but trailing Giuliani's $11 million effort. So Romney, in order to give his campaign a big boost, loaned his own campaign $8.5 million of his own money - more than he had loaned his organization for the entire year. He is going to need that boost now that Fred Thompson is in the race.Thompson, who announced his candidacy only early in September raised a very respectable...(Read Full Post)