Texas Governor Rick Perry Officially Announces Presidential Bid

Posted on August 13, 2011

Texas Governor Rick Perry has officially joined the 2012 GOP race for president. He made his announcement Saturday in Charleston, South Carolina. Perry is far from alone in the race to be the GOP candidate. Some of the candidates Governor Perry will be up against include Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Jon Hunstman and Rick Santorum. Sarah Palin has not yet declared. A list of more possible candidates can be found here.

Rick Perry has set up a website at rickperry.org. Perry says he is an "incredibly proud American." He says American is not broken, Washington D.C. is broken. Take a look: