Romney, Perry Hit at Paul on Iran

Wash Post Reports: One of the people running for president thinks it’s okay for Iran to  have a nuclear weapon,” Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, said  in this eastern Iowa city in response to a question from the audience.  “I don’t.”

It was the first time that Romney has challenged Paul directly since the  Texas congressman jumped in polls. Neither he nor Perry, the Texas  governor, named Paul, but the target was clear.

“You don’t have to vote for a candidate who will allow Iran to have a  nuclear weapon to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Because America  will be next,” Perry said in Urbandale, reiterating a line of argument  from a day earlier.

“I’m here to say: You have a choice,” Perry added.