Gov. Perry Says He Won't Run For President In 2012

By A.J. Swartwood-Talk Radio News Service

Despite winning a third term and being one of the more prominent politicians to vocalize frustration with the federal government, Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) said Monday that he would not be making a run for the White House in 2012.

Perry, who was speaking at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., said that his new book “Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington” was proof that the Governor would sit the race out.

“Exhibit A that I’m not running for the Presidency of the United States,” Perry joked.

Perry used his appearance before the think tank to tout his book’s message, which is that the federal government has overreached and that spending is out of control.

“In my view the federal government’s shameful disregard of the Tenth Amendment pushes us down a very slippery slope,” Perry said, referencing the Constitutional Amendment that grants state rights.

Perry repeated his belief that the Tenth Amendment gives government a “very narrow path, a very narrow row for government,” and that the recently passed health care reform law and Recovery Act were violations of that principle of limited government.

The Republican Governor was quick to boast of his state’s ranking as the “best state place to do business,” and said that he hopes the new Congress will help guide the federal government back to principles of limited government and fiscal conservatism.