Rick Perry‘s campaign has released a video in anticipation of President Obama’s scheduled visits to Dallas and Mesquite today. The video mocks the president’s 2009 stimulus plan before highlighting Perry’s “four core principles” for creating jobs.

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Thanh Tan was a multimedia reporter/producer for the Tribune from 2011 to 2012. She previously worked at Idaho Public Television, a PBS station that serves a statewide audience. While there, she was an...