Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post
Eyeing a fellow front-runner with a Texas-size jobs record, Mitt Romney has shifted to stressing his own job-creation record in the private sector, a move that comes as Gov. Rick Perry enters the field and the Republican primary race becomes a more sharply defined contest.Touring a small tube factory in this town just outside Manchester, Romney said that his combination of experience as governor of Massachusetts and as the head of a business separates him from rest of the pack, an argument he first made in the Iowa debate and will continue to press.