In wide field, it’s Romney vs. Perry
Front-runners in GOP contest relish chance to go head to head

By Stephen Dinan
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The Washington Times
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Mitt Romney and Rick Perry wasted little time in going straight at each other Wednesday night, sparring over whether the former’s business experience or the latter’s decade as governor of Texas is better training for boosting jobs as the occupant of the White House.

“Michael Dukakis created jobs three times faster than you did, Mitt,â€