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Ari Fleischer

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Ari Fleischer is a Republican political consultant and former White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. He played a significant role in communicating the administration's policies and responses during pivotal events, including the September 11 attacks and the subsequent War on Terror. Fleischer is known for his defense of the administration's stance on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, a key justification for the invasion in 2003. After leaving the White House, he has worked as a media consultant and commentator, providing insights on political communication and strategy.

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Jan 30, 2012

You do have to start to worry about if this thing goes on too long, that it does have the potential to hurt the candidates.

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Jan 29, 2012

I think Mitt Romney will win Florida by 9 percentage points, and it's going to be a good-sized win.

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Jan 29, 2012

I think Mitt Romney is going to win Florida by nine percentage points. It's going to be a good-sized win.

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Jan 29, 2012

But no matter what, Newt is going to have a very difficult February. Mitt Romney is about to have a very good February because of states that vote in February.

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Jan 29, 2012

If one of those two were to drop out, then you get a different race.

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Jan 25, 2012

When he said my trustee, that part stuck out at me. My trustee? How many people have trustees?

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Jan 25, 2012

What propelled Newt in South Carolina was the debate performances. We all knew it when the debate was in the middle of the debate, Newt was going to win. Tonight, you don't get that sense of surge. I think Romney takes Florida, and this is…

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Jan 23, 2012

The problem is that President Obama has governed so far from one side.

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Jan 23, 2012

he can talk about the middle class, he can set the table, he can try to move the nation's debate to the issues that are most favorable to helping him get re-elected.

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Jan 23, 2012

The problem we had is the president who famously said there is no red America, no blue America, just the United States of America has now made it a point to talk about millionaires, billionaires, corporate aircraft.

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Jan 23, 2012

The president is saying he'll raise every tax he can find on you. He's already raised the Medicare tax. He wants to raise the income tax. And now he'll take away all your deductions.

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Jan 18, 2012

The elephant in the room is the United States economy. It's spending. It's the economy. It's jobs.

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Jan 18, 2012

I do think that there's a prioritization to federal issues in a presidential campaign.

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Jan 16, 2012

It's oversensitivity that starts to accuse Republicans who are saying that the solutions to the most intractable poverty problems are found in the private sector.

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Jan 16, 2012

The way to get those people help is as Newt talked about through private sector programs and reliance on the private sector.

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Jan 16, 2012

There's not a government program or spending program that's a solution to that.

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Jan 16, 2012

I think there's too great a sensitivity about people, who just say Republicans are evil, Republicans are racist, Republicans are wrong.

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Jan 16, 2012

Oversensitivity that starts to accuse Republicans who are saying the solutions to the most intractable poverty problems are found in the private sector and the government needs to do more to put people in private sector program.

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Jan 16, 2012

I'm proud to be on Newt's side and on the Republicans' side on that issue.

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Jan 16, 2012

The problem has been there's such an overreliance, particularly in the Democratic Party, that the solution to poverty is more government spending and more federal programs.

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Jan 10, 2012

The reason that we have these super PACs is Campaign Finance Reform.

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Jan 10, 2012

Newt has got to decide that. Newt can do tremendous damage and Newt could never win the presidency.

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Jan 10, 2012

Newt has to make a judgment call about what does he want to get out of being in this race.

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