Romney is a mormon and there are a hell of a lot of them in Nevada ... especially outside of Las Vegas. You can count Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Eastern California, Oregon and western Colorado and Wyoming as his base. And as Bu$h proved ... a whole lot of little numbers beats a fewer amount of larger numbers.

Too bad Bachmann doesn't understand the history of mormons ... their first settlement was at Nauvoo, Illinois which was along the Mississippi river east of Iowa. Not a pretty history of their treatment by the locals so I doubt she would have much impact with them if she were the nominee. Mormons are harsh with those not of their belief.

It is interesting to note that Obama's recent gains in Nevada according to the pollsters were with Independents, not Democrats.  Recent actions by the administration, including Obama's approach to debt deal, are seen by some (me included) as an effort to win over the moderate independents in places like Nevada.  That he has made gains with them would lead one to believe that one shouldn't expect any radical change to the administration's approach.