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For a newspaper reporter there's probably nothing tougher than writing a story that your bosses do not want you to write. that's exactly what the las vegas review journal did this week. if you watched last week, you might remember that we dug into the mystery purchase of the city's newspaper. no one at the time knew who had just bought it. as john rollston said on the show, there was a lot of speculation about casino mogul and donor sheldon adelson. three reporters solved the mystery days later. they reported that adelson's son-in-law orchestrated the entire deal. adelson's family then confirm...

Level said the party knock on 300,000 doors in the last week. the democrats say their geo tv operation is trick. >> bret: get out the vote. john, last word? >> the republican party here, bret, essentially has a vacancy sign in front of it. the romney campaign and rnc have taken over. there are good people on the ground here. they have to cut in the clark county edge in the next nine days of early voting or it will be too late. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. next week we will check in with three other experts from three other states. another do as i say, not as i do for from the main st...

Science professor melissa miller of bolling green state university. from colorado, university of denver, political science professor, seth maskett. thank you for being here. go around the horn to get a sense of where it stands. john, first to you. nevada. your sense of what is happening there on the ground? >> on the ground, the democrats are crushing the republicans in early voting, bret. early voting has record turn-out. about 30% higher in las vegas, clark county than it was four years ago. i'm not so sure four years ago is a good comparison for anybody. that was a wave election and mccain ...

Republicans. >> his coat tails could be that long. john, ed, thank you so much. john, while i have you here, quickly, nevada, i just found out, referred to as the silver state. is it also known as the sage brush state and the battle born state? does it have that many nicknames? >> it is, indeed. battle born is the state's motto. silver state is the state's nickname. you can use all those any time you want, craig. >> john rollston, expert on all things nevada. appreciate your time, sir. also appreciate you reaffirm whag tim told me a few moments ago. >> absolutely. >> with early voting already ...

In this week's battleground break down, we take a look at nevada. president obama is on his way to the state. he'll be landing any moment now, we're told. he'll be holding a rally tonight in las vegas. he'll be spending the next two days there preparing for wednesday night's debate in colorado. meanwhile, ann romney set to campaign in nevada as well. the 12.1% unemployment rate in nevada is the highest in the country. it could prove to be a huge obstacle for the president. so how much of a tossup is the silver state? back with us, ed o'keefe of the washington post and john rollston. john, let ...