I talked to a contact in Reno to get a sense of what’s going on. He said that volunteers are there from all over the Western U.S. (ID, UT, AZ, CA) There are over 100 from California alone. Some volunteers have been working for months to identify potential voters and Romney supporters. They are going door to door and have a call bank set up to contact these voters. It really is an organized effort going on. I asked whether voters seem to grasp the caucus system. He said it’s new to them, but that Romney voters have done their homework and are ready. He said the biggest issue for voters has been illegal immigration.

He said that Governor Romney has been all over Nevada today, from Henderson (southern Nevada) to Elko (NE Nevada) to Reno (NW Nevada). In Reno, the Governor was greeted by an overflow crowd of more than 300. He said the atmosphere was electrifying. He said there were several Nevada Republican leaders there who spoke along with Romney, including Nevada Republican Leader State Assemblywoman Heidi Gansert, who endorsed Romney just a few days ago.

Most of all he said that there in Nevada the campaign is feeling really good.

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