Ari Fleischer actually said...

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 emphasizes the importance of being presidential for Cain as he rises in the polls.

10/16/2011

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