Ari Fleischer actually said...

This is a Perry/Romney race and Michele Bachmann is in third.

The thing that made my eyebrows raised, though, on that interview was when he said this is a Perry/Romney race and Michele Bachmann is in th...

It's way too soon for anybody to pronounce who's going to win the Republican nomination.

It's a fair fight. And this is the stuff of which campaigns are made to see who can make their case stronger for Republican primary voters.