2012 GOP race jolted with Iowa straw poll, Perry's entry

Saturday, August 13, 2011 | 7:16 p.m. CDT; updated 7:21 p.m. CDT, Saturday, August 13, 2011

AMES, Iowa— From Iowa to South Carolina, the 2012 Republican presidential race lurched into a new phase Saturday as latecomer Texas Gov. Rick Perry formally entered the race, declaring: "America is not broken. Washington, D.C. is broken."

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