Romney rolls to easy win in Nevada

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses today, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.

The caucuses drew little attention in the nominating campaign, but Nevada figures to be a fierce battleground in November between the winner of the Republican nomination and Democrat president Barack Obama. The state’s unemployment rate was measured at 12.6% in December, the worst in the US.