Given the fact the two heaviest hitters in the Republican presidential race are probably going to be slugging it out until late spring next year, there’s every likelihood the confrontation between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry is going to get nasty. But for those who can’t wait until the mud starts flying for real, Politico gives us a preview of the imminent Romney-Perry smackdown today. According to author Maggie Haberman, it’s already “personal” between the two.
The origins of this grudge supposedly date back to a 2006 dispute. But the article’s main assertion has less to do with Perry’s capacity for holding a grudge than it does with the idea that virtually everyone at the highest levels of the GOP thinks Romney is a phony. Which leads me to wonder whether talk of a genuine feud between Romney and Perry is more hype than reality.
