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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Feb 14, 2012

There are some vulnerabilities with Rick Santorum. I think that's what Mitt Romney is going to seek to expose them.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Feb 14, 2012

Oh, yes. And if you do the advertising properly, advertising done well picks up on what people actually, on their own, are inclined to believe about a candidate, for better -- for better or for worse. And there are some vulnerabilities…

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Feb 13, 2012

If I were Mitt Romney's people, I would treat this as a one-on-one race against Rick Santorum.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Feb 13, 2012

There's an electability issue here. Mitt Romney continues to do much better among independents.

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

It is important because if Rick Santorum gets a hero's welcome and Mitt Romney gets a cool reception, it going to send another signal to Arizona and Michigan, the next two states that vote.

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

There's no question and it's hard to know where to begin with the double talk. Look, he said he wouldn't take money from lobbyists and now, of course, he set up a 'Super PAC,' which lobbyists can contribute to. He is against all these Wall…

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

He needs to say that he is for the big reforms in this race -- entitlement and spending -- and put his mark down that he'll be a reformist president on economics.

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

It is important, because if Rick Santorum gets a hero's welcome and Mitt Romney gets a cool reception, it's going to send another signal to Arizona and Michigan, the next two states that vote.

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

He's against all this Wall Street wealth if the people on Wall Street keep it for themselves. He sure is in favor of it if they would just share a little bit with him.

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

Barack Obama has a similar flip-flop problem. It's not only on those issues when he was a senator he said that we shouldn't raise the debt limit and then of course he voted against it. And then when he became president he said we have to…

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

Barack Obama keeps -- again, words are wind. Making promises, saying things, and his actions go 180 degrees against that.

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

This is also why there's such a sense of frustration in dealing with Barack Obama on the most important issues of the day. How to reform debt and spending and reduce the debt.

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

It's a regular pattern with Barack Obama. And here's what gets even worse when you look at the president and what he -- the standard that he sets for himself. He said in 2007 about John Edwards' super PAC, you can't just talk the talk…

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

This is part of a pattern of behavior with Barack Obama that goes back to 2008. If you recall back then he said he would accept public financing for the campaign just as John McCain did and as soon as he figured out he could actually raise…

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Feb 6, 2012

But remember, Mitt Romney did do very well among all conservatives and even with evangelical voters in Florida and Nevada.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Feb 6, 2012

What Santorum is saying is he's basically a snob. And he's not listening to you because he thinks he's smarter than you.

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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· Feb 6, 2012

Even though no delegates awarded tonight, money will come in for Santorum tomorrow.

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