Governor Rick Perry announces his 2012 presidential bid live at the RedState Conference in South Carolina.
Perry Makes It Official. 
Live on FOX News.
Governor Perry did not use a TelePrompter.
Since June of 2009 Texas is responsible for over 40% of the new jobs in America.
"I know one thing. America is not broken. Washington DC is broken."
"Our president has insulted our friends & encouraged our enemies, thumbing his nose at traditional allies such as Israel."
"We're home to less than 10 percent of America’s citizens…but forty percent of net new jobs were created in our state"
A renewed nation needs a new president.
"I declare to you today as candidate for president of the United States."
"In America the people are not subjects to the government. The government is subject to the people."
We will repeal this president's misguided, one size fits all, government health-care plan.
"I promise I will work everyday to make Washington DC as inconsequential in your lives as I can."
