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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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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· 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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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· 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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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· 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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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· 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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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· 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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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· 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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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· 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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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· 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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Ari Fleischer
@arifleischer· Republican · NY· 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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