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White House spokesman Jay Carney argued Wednesday that President Obama's Kansas speech on economic fairness was not intended to position the president in contrast to newly minted Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich.

Carney was asked during an appearance on MSNBC whether positioning the president as a champion of "fairness" would help him in a potential general election matchup against Gingrich.

"I think as this president knows well, primary processes are complex and their outcomes are never quite clear until they're a done deal," Carney said. "We're not focused very much on that race."

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