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Perry loses key SC backer after attack on Romney

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Presidential candidate Rick Perry's criticism of Mitt Romney's business past had a boomerang effect Thursday, costing him the support of a prominent Republican in South Carolina. Investment fund executive and top GOP donor Barry Wynn told The Associated Press he was leaving the Perry fold to endorse Romney, the former Massachusetts governor. Wynn said Perry's attacks on Romney's time at the helm of the private equity firm Bain Capital had crossed the line in a political party that values free-market capitalism.

 

Romney, Perry and Cain Open Wide Financial Lead Over Field

A stark financial divide is opening up between two groups of Republican candidates for president, with the top candidates together bringing in tens of millions of dollars in their bids for the presidency and a second tier struggling to attract major donors and in some cases even crack the million-dollar mark.

Senh: Is it even fair when your opponents have a lot more money to spend on their campaigns? Have we ever tried either giving candidates to same amount of money to spend or limiting it? Whoever has the most money has a huge advantage.

 

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