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Ari Fleischer: 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…

On the recordOctober 16, 2011
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.
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Ari Fleischer
Republican · New York

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

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