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Romney retools strategy to thwart Perry’s gain

Posted on September 10, 2011 at 12:12 am by Dana Thompson in Campaign 2012, Gov. Rick Perry, Mitt Romney

By Richard S. Dunham
Washington Bureau Chief

WASHINGTON — Rick Perry entered the Republican presidential race like a jackrabbit out of the West Texas prairie. He quickly hopped past longtime leader Mitt Romney, who was deliberately, step by step, inching his way toward the nomination he felt was his to win.

Now, Romney’s strategists are hoping that the former Massachusetts governor plays the tortoise to Perry’s hare, slowly and steadily working to win the long race while Perry zips into first and fades in the stretch.

But presidential contests are not fairy tales, and it’ll take a lot more than hope to make Romney win. That’s why the former Winter Olympics CEO and Bain Capital executive has adjusted his campaign’s business plan to take into account the unexpectedly strong challenge from a candidate they had not expected to enter the race.

With Perry leading Romney in the last nine national polls by margins ranging from 6 percentage points to 19, the former front-runner has overhauled his above-the-fray campaign persona. Over the past week, and during Perry’s first GOP presidential debate on Wednesday, Romney has begun to engage with his most serious challenger.

Some of the contrasts are direct: Romney has chosen to make the future of Social Security a key issue by declaring his strong support for the retirement program while Perry calls it a “monstrous lieâ€