In final Iowa push, Perry aims to set himself apart as ultimate outsider

In final Iowa push, Perry aims to set himself apart as ultimate outsider

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The Dallas Morning News ^ | December 29, 2011 | Todd J. Gilman

Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:44:46 PM by altura

RelatedCRESTON, Iowa — Rick Perry began his final push in the Iowa Republican caucuses Tuesday by sharpening his claim to be the sort of leader the country badly needs, and which his rivals decidedly are not.

“You need to ask yourself: If we replace the Democrat insider with a Republican insider, is that going to change Washington, D.C.? No, it’s not,” he told 150 or so Iowans crammed into a coffee shop a week ahead of caucuses likely to winnow the presidential field. “I will go to Washington to be an anti-establishment outsider.”

At one stop after another, he jabbed at Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul with missives that mirror the pro-Perry ads flooding the state’s airwaves. It’s a rather different emphasis from the one Perry used to launch his White House quest — the promise to bring Texas’ job-creating magic to the national economy.

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