Perry, 61, is campaigning on his record of job creation in a booming Texas economy and is ahead of Romney in national polls of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters. When asked about Romney's private-sector experience, the Texas governor has pointed to his work helping run a family farm in his home state after he left the Air Force and before entering government.
Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr., 51, who has struggled to gain ground in Republican polls, presented a jobs plan last week that called for lower individual and corporate tax rates, as well as the elimination of taxes on capital gains and dividends and the alternate minimum tax.