Perry's Likely Entrance Into GOP Race Threatens Romney's Front-Runner Status
- Stephen Clark - FOXNEWS
- Aug 9, 2011
With Texas Gov. Rick Perry likely to toss his cowboy hat into the 2012 Republican presidential ring this weekend, Mitt Romney's status as the frontrunner is about to face its stiffest test yet.
Romney, who essentially has been running for the 2012 nomination since his last bid failed, in 2008, will get a chance to build on his lead at Thursday's Fox News/Washington Examiner debate in Ames, Iowa.
It will give the former Massachusetts governor another chance to prove his financial bona fides to an audience searching for a plausible counterweight to challenge President Obama on what is a tough economic record to defend.
