Perry Plays Up Washington Outsider Status

Kicking off his 44-city Iowa bus tour in Council Bluffs, Texas topper uses several iterations of his anti-Washington/Wall St. message.

Perry: "Americans, they know they've been taken to the cleaners."

Goes all in, tweaking Obama's alleged fight against faith: "This is a war on values. This is a war on religion."

Perry ends event after 20-minute speech, does not take questions.

Introduced as "America's jobs governor," Texan takes the stage at 2:12 pm ET.

Purple heart recipient, Capt. Dan Moran, makes emotional pitch for "how important it is we elect Rick Perry," says Texan embodies Marine Corps. motto of "semper fidelis."