Republican Presidential Hopeful Rick Perry Speaks To The Media In New York City

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 20: Texas Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry (L) greets American and Israeli Jewish leaders before a press conference in the Great Room at the W Hotel Union Square, where he attacked U.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy, on September 20, 2011 in New York City. Perry, who's leading polls for the GOP presidential nomination, condemned the Palestinian Authority's effort to seek recognition by the United Nations and blamed Obama's policy of "moral equivalency" for emboldening them. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)