According to @britishturbo on Twitter:
"Galaxy Nexus launch pushed back to 12/15."
"Trying to get more confirmation on 12/15 but that is what i just got told."
"The reseller that was being told 12/8 for nexus is now hearing 12/15. Just reporting what i hear. But this is the last date Ill say."
"Decided I'm going to stop giving out info that i get because some people don't want to hear it and insist on talking s###. Enjoy."
take it for what it's worth and don't shoot the messenger
I personally don't think Verizon would be shipping g-nex product to stores if the product wasn't ready to be sold/released. but who knows. we'll see what happens.
Also, before I found this twitter info out, early in the day today I called a Verizon store to ask a question about my account and then added a question about the g-nex release date, and the employee stated the latest info they received was that it would be released "next thursday", which happens to be 12/15.