Nevada

Here's Mitt Romney's victory speech, as prepared for delivery, given tonight after he was projected the winner in the Nevada contest:

Tonight, I want to thank the people of Nevada.  Once again, you have given me your vote of confidence.  And this time, I intend to take it all the way to the White House!

A new poll from PPP shows Mitt Romney with a commanding lead heading into Saturday's caucuses in Nevada. Romney has 50 percent support there, according to the poll of likely caucusgoers. His numbers double those of Newt Gingrich, who only receives 25 percent support, with Ron Paul and Rick Santorum at 15 percent and 8 percent, respectively.

A new poll from Magellan Strategies, a Republican-affiliated firm, shows Mitt Romney with a large lead in Nevada. According to the survey of 673 likely Republican caucus goers in Nevada, Romney leads with 38 percent, Herman Cain comes in second with 26 percent, and Newt Gingrich is in third with 16 percent. The remaining candidates all received less than 10 percent.

Mitt Romney welcomes President Obama to Nevada with this ad, highlighting the poor economy in the Silver State:  

Matt Strawn, the chairman of the Iowa Republican party, announced the 2012 Iowa caucuses will be held on January 3, moving up from the planned February 6 date. From the press release:

Jennifer Rubin: "For Obama, it’s all about getting out of Afghanistan"

We must repeal the Obamacare plan for Medicare says... Dick Gephardt?

Well, that's reassuring -- Bernanke is clueless.

President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), headed by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, has now granted Obamacare waivers to the entire states of Nevada and New Hampshire.

Nevada Republican senator John Ensign is reportedly set to resign today. Here's the Las Vegas Sun:

The polls were wrong: The networks and the AP have called the Nevada Senate race for Majority Leader Harry Reid. With 41% of precincts reporting, Reid is leading Angle, 50% to 45%.

Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer and Juan Williams talk about the Kentucky, Illinois, Colorado and Nevada Senate races on Fox News's Special Report:

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When Missouri voters passed an anti-Obamacare referendum two months ago by a tally of 71 to 29 percent, Sen. Harry Reid responded, “It’s very obvious that people have a lack of understanding of our health care reform bill."  He added, “The more people learn about this bill, the more they like it.”

Maybe if Rory Reid weren't having to distance himself from his father to the point of forgoing his last name, Harry Reid would be more familiar with the idea of a Nevadan, Hispanic Republican. In his quest for the Nevada governorship, Rory Reid is getting trounced in polls at the moment by Brian Sandoval, a former federal judge, Attorney General, and...Hispanic Republican.