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Former Texas Governor Rick Perry sounded an awful lot like a candidate for president as he questioned U.S. policies on energy, immigration and education at a Bloomberg-sponsored forum in Houston.
Perry also cited his blue-collar background and military service Tuesday, and said he could win Iowa and Pennsylvania's presidential nominating contests if he runs in what is expected to be a crowded Republican field in 2016.
Whoever wins, it will have nothing to do with "what your last name is," Perry said, referring to pundits' assertions that the White House will be won by another Bush or a Clinton. Instead, the winner will be "who it is that gives us hope that the best days are ahead of us," Perry said.
Perry cited the questions that have been raised over foreign donations to the Clinton family's charitable founda