ATLANTA Rick Perry said Friday anyone with doubts about how he would govern as president should simply look at Texas.
In his first domestic policy speech as a candidate for the White House, Perry touted his record on taxes, health care and the environment during a decade at the helm of the Lone Star state. But he used the brief outline of his tenure to bludgeon his political rivals.
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