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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 24, 2011

Yes, yes I think when it comes to Republicanism it has found its message, it found its voice and that is we're being crushed by a deficit and crushed by a debt.

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Jan 24, 2011

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

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Jan 24, 2011

Presidents have two hats they wear. One is the national healer, the one voice; moments like Tucson really make all Americans look to our President for inspiration.

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Jan 17, 2011

It's a very important statement about who Republicans are, what they believe in, that they're going to actually take this vote.

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Jan 17, 2011

If we said it was wrong and we said it needed to be repealed and replaced, they need to start the repeal.

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Dec 6, 2010

He was governing too far from the left for the first two years.

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Dec 6, 2010

He can't lose. I don't think he could lose a primary but neither could George H.W. Bush lose a primary, but Pat Buchanan sure made his life miserable.

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Dec 6, 2010

If he had kept that campaign tone immediately as part of his policies in 2009 and governed in a bipartisan way, it would have been very different measure.

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Nov 15, 2010

It is time to repeal don't ask, don't tell. I think that gays in this country can serve in the military in the same outstanding ways that -- that straight soldiers and airmen and Marines and Coast Guard serve the country.

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Nov 15, 2010

If Charlie Rangel stays in Congress, it's a huge headache for the Democrats. If they don't have the courage to say that this is a dismissible act, then I hope Charlie Rangel has it in him to say, maybe my time has come to go, and I will…

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Nov 2, 2010

Republicans have already come out for a freeze on all domestic discretionary spending at 2008 levels, which is a very significant cut to spending.

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Nov 2, 2010

Barack Obama missed the boat on the core issues about spending, and now it's come back to bite him.

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Nov 2, 2010

This was, across the board, a repudiation of Democrat ideology. Forget messaging.

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Nov 2, 2010

I think it will pass the House, I'll be curious about the Senate and it's an important part of how to eventually bring the deficit down. It's a great start.

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Nov 2, 2010

If jobs don't get created and the economy stays weak, it's going to be terrible for Barack Obama and deservedly so.

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Sep 15, 2010

The more the liberal media attack her... the more her supporters seem to rally around her and raise money for her.

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Sep 15, 2010

Well, no, I think these are issues that she's going to have to deal with. That's what campaigns are about.

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Sep 15, 2010

Where is the coverage of Charlie Rangel's win in Harlem, where you have one of the most corrupt members of Congress who got reaffirmed by the people of his district to come back to Washington?

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Sep 15, 2010

There is a piling-on factor that doesn't similarly happen when there are candidates on the other side of the aisle.

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Sep 15, 2010

This is a candidate who has had trouble with money, trouble with jobs, trouble with the truth.

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Sep 15, 2010

These ideological struggles within parties also can be healthy.

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