Ari Fleischer actually said...

It's a real significant check on Barack Obama's first year in office. I don't think anybody can minimize what it means to the president.

If they don't get it done, it really diminishes in base turnout.

Well, I think what you have seen in New Jersey, frankly, is a state that President Obama took by 20 points, and now a Republican is winning ...

If the issue is economic, yes. Because the biggest problem this country has is too much debt and too much spending.