A few short months ago, Texas Gov. Rick Perry was moving to the front of the Republican primary, taking early state polling with him. The Nevada caucuses were no different — Perry had a five point lead there at the very end of August, with 29 percent of Republicans. Now that Perry’s campaign has fallen off nationwide, Nevada GOPers have followed suit: Perry is polling at just five percent there, nearly eight times less than Romney’s current 38.
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