Ari Fleischer actually said...

Well, he's right, but he's right up to a limit, up to a ceiling. Because if you're going to become, as Mary says, a serious presidential contender, you have to go beyond the lines of make a crowd whoop and cheer and you have to be presidential.

Context

Fleischer discusses the need for Cain to find a balance between humor and presidential seriousness.

10/16/2011

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