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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 18, 2012

This administration was terribly ham-handed. It really looked to me as if for political reasons they did not want to indicate that America had been struck by terrorism.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 18, 2012

But the fact of the matter is, Benghazi was the first successful terrorist attack on our country since September 11th, 2001.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 18, 2012

It really looked to me as if for political reasons they did not want to indicate that America had been struck by terrorism.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 18, 2012

Benghazi was the first successful terrorist attack on our country since September 11, 2001.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 8, 2012

The previous Pew poll was ridiculous. It had a 10-point Democratic turnout advantage. Not going to happen.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 8, 2012

If you believe what the polls are saying right now, you have got to believe that there's something huge going on.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 7, 2012

As long as Mitt Romney keeps winning independents, chances are Mitt Romney's going to win.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 7, 2012

If this is an election about the state of the economy and whether the president is partially or enough to blame for the bad economy, he's going to lose.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 4, 2012

My only point is both candidates have engaged in tactical maneuvering. This is nothing new.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 4, 2012

In 2008, President Obama ran when he was trying to get to the left of Hillary Clinton saying he opposed NAFTA.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Oct 4, 2012

No, Anderson, the problem is if you don't have a mandate for health care, which is what Mitt Romney and Republicans want, they don't want to have the mandate, but...

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Sep 30, 2012

The president had to offer a very specific budget. It never once comes into balance.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Sep 30, 2012

I think there was a willful pattern in this administration of downplaying terrorist attacks against our country.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Sep 30, 2012

The president was AWOL. He was still unable to offer any specifics when the nation needed it the most.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Sep 26, 2012

I think you're within the margin of error in almost every one of those battleground states.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Sep 26, 2012

If the challenger in this economy can't get a lead on the president on that question, he won't win.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Sep 26, 2012

The Obama campaign which had stumbles early on is performing and executing pretty well right now.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Sep 26, 2012

Well, Anderson, here's what I think you have to do. And I don't think it's conspiracy, but I think you have to apply a common-sense test.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Sep 17, 2012

If they had a partner for peace with the Palestinians, I think peace would be made.

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