Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry officially announces 2016 bid for presidency: 'It is time to create real jobs, to raise wages, to create opportunity for all'

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is set to join the already-crowded field of candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

Perry, whose infamous “Oops” moment during the last GOP primary derailed what had been a promising start to his 2012 campaign, is expected to announce his latest bid Thursday morning at an event north of Dallas. (His campaign website unveiled a new “Perry for President” seal early Thursday.)

The longest-serving governor of Texas has revamped his strategy since his disastrous exit from the last race.

“Since leaving the governor’s mansion in January, he has boned up on foreign and domestic policy with a rotating team of advisers,” Yahoo News’ Liz Goodwin writes. “He no longer wears his signature cowboy boots, which exacerbate the back problems that dogged him in 2012, and he has started sporting black-framed ‘hipster’ glasses that lend him some gravitas. His advisers say his loss taught him humility that will fuel his comeback.”

Four years ago, Perry launched his bid as an instant front-runner as a proven jobs-creator in the Lone Star state. But this time around, Perry enters a race that has no such candidate.

According to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, seven GOP candidates are within three points of one another. Perry, however, is not one of them.

Source: Yahoo News