Readers take sides.
Of the major candidates, the only one who does not have a DC zip code. I come from outside the system with a record of reform and a record of results. Thus, Bush is confessing to being from outside of a system that includes reform and results. We all suspected this but no one ever expected to hear it directly from the candidate's mouth. I do take the misplaced clause as surprising evidence that Bush is playing at least some role in writing his own propaganda.