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Ari Fleischer: If the unemployment does not drop, it doesn't matter if he's a 55 percent President.

On the recordJanuary 24, 2011
If the unemployment does not drop, it doesn't matter if he's a 55 percent President.
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Ari Fleischer
Republican · New York

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Ari Fleischer's view on the importance of unemployment rates for the Obama administration's success.

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