>> interesting stuff, ari fleischer?raordinarily fluid republican primary that's built on shifting sands. at any one moment, any strong candidate can emerge on top. perry and romney both did well tonight, they're both going to have more money than their opponents. one point on jon huntsman, he has to look like he's having more fun at these debates. he reminded me of a schoolteacher whose classes you wanted to cut. he has to have a little more fun out there. >> gloria borger. >> i want to follow up on wolf's point. rick perry wants to be the truth teller among all of these candidates, that's what he was doing tonight. not backing down off his positions. he also wants to convince republicans that he's the person to take the fight to barack obama and by not backing down on what he believes, his campaign thinks that's going to help him. >> david gergen, we have about 30 seconds. >> anderson, the big story of the republican nomination fight right now is the way rick perry has burst on to the scene like a bright star seizing t

ari fleischer? >> this is still an extraordinarily fluid republican primary built on shifting sands. it's also going to help perry and romney. they both did well tonight, they both will have more money than opponents and the best organizations in the different states. one point on john huntsman who i still believe has a shot because he fits in the maverick model of new hampshire. he looks like he's having more fun. he reminded me of a school teacher whose classes you want to cut. he's got to have a little more fun out there. >> ouch. gloria boreger. >> i want to follow-up on wolf's point imt i think rick perry wants to be truth teller among the candidates. that's what he was doing tonight. not backing down off his position. he also wants to convince republicans that he's the person to take the fight to barack obama and by not backing down on what he believes his campaign thinks that's going to help him. >> david gergen, we have about 30 seconds. >> anderson, the pig stobig sto the way rick perry bur

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they listen to when ari fleischer says, "loose lips sink ships," if you will, you know? and so it's harder for a comic to win over their audience or to get the audience to listen if they're not just being a "team player." you know, i've got a lot of things to say about my government, because i care, because i am patriotic, you know what i mean? george carlin is very patriotic. that's why he's so mad. you know what i mean? bill hicks, when he was alive, had a lot to say because he cares about what the government does in his name. now, the government makes decisions on your and my behalf constantly. they do not let us in on 90% of it, and then they will ask you to sacrifice your children and grandchildren to pick up the pieces and clean up the mess, which is what they're doing right now. i'm sure there was a lot of intelligence that was ignored or warned-- or forewarnings to the distaste that 90% of the globe has for american foreign policy. and if there wasn't so many people that were afraid to speak in the mainstream media or weren't so neutralized or weren't just lackey

let's bring back in ari fleischer and james carville.have been hearing from our friend there. what do you make of it? >> let's give ed credit. he's an honest guy. in politics, people try to make excuses, oh, no, we are doing fine in spite of governor perry getting in. i tend to believe him. he's 68 years old. said he had a stroke a year and a half ago. i think ari can believe that, too. given the pace of the presidential campaign our gut was right. at least health issues contributed to his decision. you never know what else goes on in a campaign. sometimes it takes a long time for the truth to emerge. the other thing i noticed is watching the tape of her on television. she's an energetic candidate. she'd be hard to keep up with. she moves around quite a bit. >> ari? >> well, two sides. the human side, the political side. on the human side, people don't realize unless they have worked the presidential or reporters who cover it how grinding and gruelling it is. i have nothing but sympathy for ed rollins. his personal reasons are his person

plets bring back in ari fleischer and james carville. james, you heard from our friend there.of it? zbho >> let's give ed credit. he's so honest. usually they make light of it. he gave very honest answers and i tend to believe him. he's 68 years old. he had a stroke a year and a half ago. given the pace of a presidential campaign, my gut instinct was right. at least health issues contributed to his decision. you never know what else goes on in a campaign and sometimes it takes a long time for the truth to emerge. the other thing i noticed was watching the tape of her on television, she's an energetic candidate. >> on the human side, people don't realize unless they've worked with this, how grinding and grueling it is. i have nothing but sympathy for ed rollins. his personal reasons are his personal human reasons. but the thing that raised my eyebrows is when he said this is a perry/romney race and michelle become man is in third, that caught me by surprise whp when you work for someone you typically would say it's per perry/bachmann/romney. >> i think he said that earlier and

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ari fleischer former press secretary to president bush.is latest post it's too late for chris christie to run. and ron kerry. you think it would be a mistake for chris christie to get in the race? >> i just think it's too late. too much time has passed by. it is hard to build a successful campaign. the scrutiny he would be under, every mistake he would make and every candidates makes mistakes, it would be piling on. candidates need an a on ramp. especially in the instant era we live in with the internet. i think it's too late for him. >> it's interesting, dana, because people say i'm not interested in running, then they turn out running. he's actually saying i'm not ready to be president. that's pretty definitive. what's behind all this talk? wishful thinking on the part of some republicans? >> well, the word choice that chris christie uses is really interesting to me because he's always said, i'm not ready to be president yet. i'm not ready, not yet. at some point it might be in the cards, but not 2012. i don't think he'll do anything unt

ari fleischer, roland martin. thank you both. >>> let us know what you think, we're on facebook, follow me on twitter, @andersoncooper. up next, a cnn reporter caught in the crossfire in libya. >> i've been shot! >> down, down, down. >> they drove to the hospital. what happened there is incredible. we'll show it to you. >>> sea world versus federal investigators in court today. investigators say the park willfully put its whale trainers at risk. there was a hearing today. a judge will decide if that is true or not after the death of a sea world trainer in front of a horrified crowd. let's also check in with isha sesay. >>> dramatic new video that shows the moments just before and after that deadly crash during an air race in nevada. it happened so fast there was no time to get out of the way. the death toll has risen. we'll have the latest. that's just ahead. [ male announcer ] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that is helping business rethink how to do business. in here, inventory can be tau

ari fleischer former press secretary to president bush. latest column on cnn.com, it's too late for chris christie to run. and dana loesch and ron kerry. you think it would be a mistake for chris christie to get in the race? >> i just think it's too late. too much time has passed by. it is so hard to build a successful presidential campaign. the scrutiny he would be under, every mistake he would make and every candidate makes mistakes, it would be piling on. candidates need an on-ramp. especially in the instant era we live in with the internet. i think it's too late for him. >> it's interesting, dana, because people say i'm not interested in running, then they turn out running. he's actually saying i'm not ready to be president. that's pretty definitive. what do you think is behind all this talk? wishful thinking on the part of some republicans? >> well, the word choice that chris christie uses is really interesting to me because he's always said, well, i'm not ready to be president yet. i'm not ready, not yet. i think, at some point, it m