 "The New York Times" described the book as "a Tea Party manifesto", and remarked that its content and Perry's promotional tour suggested that he had presidential ambitions for 2012.Perry stated in an interview with the Associated Press that the book's anti-Washington sentiment was evidence that he was not running for president; however, he later declared his candidacy for the 2012 Republican nomination.Since declaring his candidacy for the 2012 Republican nomination, Perry has distanced himself from some of the claims made in "Fed Up!