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Tomorrow's Talking Points Today, Part 2

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivers remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Marriott Wardman Park February 10, 2012 in Washington, DC (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Yesterday's message: "My guess is it did not help when he talked down Las Vegas as a convention city, did it?" 
—Mitt Romney, Oct. 2011, reacting against President Obama's warning to bailed out-companies: "You can't go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayer's dime."

Today's message: "I prevented Massachusetts from becoming the Las Vegas of gay marriage."
—Mitt Romney, Feb. 2012, speaking to CPAC in Washington DC.

Tomorrow's message: "We never counted on those 6 Nevada electoral votes."

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