Perry Calls For "Clean Break" From Obama Era
Gov. Rick Perry took his national ambition to California Monday night, bemoaning what he described as a country adrift both at home and abroad and predicting that Americans will demand dramatic change in the next presidential election.
In a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, billed as a “major” address by his aides, Perry said voters will be looking for an alternative to “this season of disappointment, mediocrity, decline.”
“I believe that come 2016, if the American people are given the choice, they will be ready for a clean break from the Obama agenda and anything like it,” Perry said.
Perry stopped short of declaring his own interest in a 2016 run — not that he has done anything to discourage the rampant speculation. After the speech, in a brief question and answer session, he acknowledged he wasn't prepared the first time around but said he'd spent the last two years getting ready should he jump in.
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