Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry sparred within the first five minutes of Wednesday’s debate, attacking each other’s records and experience and even making a few personal jabs.

After Romney challenged Texas Gov. Perry’s lack of experience in the private sector, Perry battered Romney’s record of job creation when he was governor of Massachusetts.

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