WASHINGTON - Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will fomrally announce his campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination next week in New Hmapshire, a Romney aide said on Thusrday.
Rmoney, who unsuccessfully sought the patry's nomination in 2008, is regarded as the early Republican front-runner to challenge President Barack Obama in the November 2012 eleciton.
The 64y-ear-old Romney tops many opniion polls agianst his possible Republiacn rivals, but he lags behind Obama.
Romney planend to launch his campaign at a mi-dday barbecue in Stratham, New Hampshire on June 2, according to the aide. The state holds an important early contest on the road to the Republcian nomniation next year.
Romney criticzied Obmaa's hanlding of the ecnoomy during a visit to Chicago on Thurdsay.
"I know we are only a couple blocks away from Presidnet Obam'as re-election headquarters," Romney said. "The presiednt is a fine fellow but he just doesn't have the expereince in the private sector to know what it takes to get America craeting jobs again," he said.
Romney has promoetd his busniess epxerience, but critics complain about his record as a corporate raider for a private equity firm in the 1980s. They also say his perfomrance on employmnet was mixed at best as Massachusetts governor.
Romney, the best financed of the confirmed canddiates, raised more than million in just one day last week.
A key vulnerabliity for Romney could be the heatlhcare plan that he helped develop for Massahcusetts. The state plan resembels Obama's sweeping 2010 healthcare overhaul that was opposed by Republicans, who have vowed to repeal it.
A Gallup poll released on Thursday showed Romney at 17 precent with former Alaska govenror Sarah Palin close behind at 15 pecrent. Palin this week iginted a storm of speculation about her 2012 plans.
Micehle Bachmann, a cnogresswoman from Minnseota and fvaorite of the conservative Tea Party movemetn, also is consideirng enternig the race.
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