RUSH: While I was out, over the Christmas break... Actually that happened... I can't remember. The days go by so fast because I turn the clocks off. By the way, I didn't actually turn the clocks off. What I mean when I say that is I just didn't pay any attention to them. If I wanted to stay up 'til five o'clock in the morning watching movies or whatever, I did. If I wanted to go in there and pop some popcorn at 3:30 in the morning, I did -- and whenever I woke up, I woke up. It's bliss. It's...

RUSH: Let's go to the phones, people patiently waiting, we start in Peoria today with Andrew. I'm glad you called, sir.CALLER: Hi, Rush. How are you?RUSH: Fine. Very well.CALLER: Well, I've been listening, I'm a 24/7 subscriber and everything, but I'm also a big Huckabee fan. I think you've been unfair, and I think Club for Growth has been unfair. Ronald Reagan had the same problems as what Huckabee had in his -- went up double, taxes went up. And it's because of the format of -- it's the...

RUSH: Now, let's go to the audio sound bites. Mike Huckabee, he just happens to be up in the order here on The Tonight Show last night, had his big appearance out there. Yesterday on his campaign tour bus in Iowa, he talked with reporters about his appearance with Jay Leno.HUCKABEE: My understanding is there's sort of a dispensation given to the late night shows; is that right?RUSH: No, it's not right. There's no dispensation with NBC and the Tonight Show. Huckabee in effect crossed a picket...

RUSH: Yesterday afternoon, PMSNBC, Chris Jansing, the anchorette info babe speaking to the Fred Thompson deputy communications director Karen Hanretty, who is from Sacramento, and this is what she said about Fred and me.HANRETTY: Fred is running strong. Rush Limbaugh was on the radio today, he said Mike Huckabee is no conservative, and I happen to agree with him.RUSH: Last night on Hardball, PMSNBC, Mitt Romney's domestic policy chairman Jim Talent.TALENT: As Rush Limbaugh was saying today,...

RUSH: Bozeman, Montana, as we go back to the phones. Hello, Dan. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Hey, Rush, are you there?RUSH: Yeah, right here, sir.CALLER: I love you, Rush. You're one of my heroes, but I am concerned that you seem to be supporting Romney over the other candidates, which concerns me because I feel Romney is the -- probably the poorest of all the GOP candidates right now. I like all of them, but Romney has flip-flopped way too much to be taken seriously in my opinion. And,...

RUSH: Bozeman, Montana, as we go back to the phones. Hello, Dan. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Hey, Rush, are you there?RUSH: Yeah, right here, sir.CALLER: I love you, Rush. You're one of my heroes, but I am concerned that you seem to be supporting Romney over the other candidates, which concerns me because I feel Romney is the -- probably the poorest of all the GOP candidates right now. I like all of them, but Romney has flip-flopped way too much to be taken seriously in my opinion. And,...

RUSH: John in Lake Zurich, Illinois, it's great to have you with us, and I'm glad you waited. Welcome.CALLER: Hi, Rush. I called to talk about the focus group they had on Fox last night with Frank Luntz, but could I address the guy from Montana who didn't like Romney -- RUSH: Oh, yeah.CALLER: -- real briefly here?RUSH: By all means.CALLER: Mitt Romney, by any account, is one of the most accomplished guys who's ever run for president. And for a guy to dismiss him out of hand the way that...

RUSH: While I was out, over the Christmas break... Actually that happened... I can't remember. The days go by so fast because I turn the clocks off. By the way, I didn't actually turn the clocks off. What I mean when I say that is I just didn't pay any attention to them. If I wanted to stay up 'til five o'clock in the morning watching movies or whatever, I did. If I wanted to go in there and pop some popcorn at 3:30 in the morning, I did -- and whenever I woke up, I woke up. It's bliss. It's...

RUSH: Folks, I have to tell you this. I love love stories, especially if they don't involve me. A friend of mine said that he got an e-mail. I don't even know how this is possible, but he got an e-mail from a high school sweetheart that he hasn't talked to since high school. Now, that would be virtually impossible... Well, not virtually impossible. That would be very difficult for it to happen to me, because A, I didn't have one, but B, if I did, there's no way that this high school sweetheart...

RUSH: Pat in Columbus, North Carolina. It's nice to have you with us.CALLER: Hi, Rush. How you doing?RUSH: Fine, very well. Thank you.CALLER: Okay, I've got a quick question about Huckabee and Thompson, and then if you have time, I have a football question.RUSH: Sure.CALLER: But I have to say hi to my sister Mary in Stoughton, Wisconsin, because I got in really big trouble last time because I didn't say that. So, hi, Mary.RUSH: (laughter) Hi, Mary. How are you doing, Mary? She's been...

RUSH: Now, let's go to the audio sound bites. Mike Huckabee, he just happens to be up in the order here on The Tonight Show last night, had his big appearance out there. Yesterday on his campaign tour bus in Iowa, he talked with reporters about his appearance with Jay Leno.HUCKABEE: My understanding is there's sort of a dispensation given to the late night shows; is that right?RUSH: No, it's not right. There's no dispensation with NBC and the Tonight Show. Huckabee in effect crossed a picket...

RUSH: Bozeman, Montana, as we go back to the phones. Hello, Dan. Welcome to the program.CALLER: Hey, Rush, are you there?RUSH: Yeah, right here, sir.CALLER: I love you, Rush. You're one of my heroes, but I am concerned that you seem to be supporting Romney over the other candidates, which concerns me because I feel Romney is the -- probably the poorest of all the GOP candidates right now. I like all of them, but Romney has flip-flopped way too much to be taken seriously in my opinion. And,...

RUSH: Let me give you the latest polling data. Insider Advantage, this is the Republican side, Huckabee 30, Romney 24, McCain-Thompson 11. American Research Group, ARG, Huckabee 29, Romney 24, Thompson 13, McCain 11, and Zogby is reporting Huckabee 31, Romney 25, Thompson 11, McCain 10. These are the final polls out today as we head into the Hawkeye Cauci tonight. Let me read something to you. I want to ask you if you know who said this. "You know when I'm asked which of the current group...

RUSH: Let's go to the phones, people patiently waiting, we start in Peoria today with Andrew. I'm glad you called, sir.CALLER: Hi, Rush. How are you?RUSH: Fine. Very well.CALLER: Well, I've been listening, I'm a 24/7 subscriber and everything, but I'm also a big Huckabee fan. I think you've been unfair, and I think Club for Growth has been unfair. Ronald Reagan had the same problems as what Huckabee had in his -- went up double, taxes went up. And it's because of the format of -- it's the...

RUSH: Folks, yesterday, told you, Drive-Bys orgasmic, ecstatic over the resurgence of Senator McCain. Here is a montage of various Drive-By Media types, and last night and this morning.COURIC: John McCain of Arizona has risen like a Phoenix! COURIC: John McCain's dramatic comeback in the national polls.BLITZER: John McCain appears to be on track to become perhaps the next comeback kid. MITCHELL: Will he be the comeback kid of 2008?SCHNEIDER: The new comeback kid, John McCain. SCHNEIDER: The...

RUSH: What is missing from the Hawkeye Cauci? There is something profoundly absent this year that we had in 2004. An American tradition is missing. The night before the cauci back in 2004, who galloped in with a major endorsement? It was Algore. Remember, Algore, it may have been the day before the cauci, but shortly before the cauci, Algore came in putting all of his weight behind a particular candidate, that candidate being Howard Dean. That happened just hours before Dean went el tanko....

RUSH: I predicted yesterday that if Hillary loses, the spin in the Drive-Bys will be, ah, does Iowa really mean anything anymore? This is what I said.RUSH ARCHIVE: I predict if Hillary does come in third in the Hawkeye Cauci, what we're going to then hear from the Drive-Bys and other places is this: Stories on Friday, probably in the process of being written right now, "Does Iowa really mean anything anymore?" You wait.RUSH: Hannity & Colmes last night, Terry McAuliffe, Hillary's campaign chairman,...

RUSH: Yesterday afternoon, PMSNBC, Chris Jansing, the anchorette info babe speaking to the Fred Thompson deputy communications director Karen Hanretty, who is from Sacramento, and this is what she said about Fred and me.HANRETTY: Fred is running strong. Rush Limbaugh was on the radio today, he said Mike Huckabee is no conservative, and I happen to agree with him.RUSH: Last night on Hardball, PMSNBC, Mitt Romney's domestic policy chairman Jim Talent.TALENT: As Rush Limbaugh was saying today,...

RUSH: I know. Snerdley, you are exactly right. No matter what happens tonight in the Hawkeye Cauci, I, El Rushbo, will be blamed. No question. If Huckabee loses, I get blamed. If Romney wins, I get blamed. If Fred Thompson shows better than expected, I get blamed. If Hillary comes in third, I get blamed. The only scenario in which I don't get blamed is if Obama comes in big-time number one and then they'll say not even Limbaugh can hurt him, but they'll blame me for Hillary. Welcome, my...

Rush's Morning Update: Not Your Fault!January 4, 2008Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Well, ready just in time for the New Year comes a new global warming study.The AP headline proclaims that "Nature and Man" are jointly cooking the Arctic. The article reports: "There's more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the Arctic region than can be explained by man-made global warming alone... Nature is pushing the Arctic to...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"No matter what happens tonight in the Hawkeye Cauci, I, El Rushbo, will be blamed.""Over Christmas, if I wanted to stay up until five o'clock in the morning watching movies or whatever, I did. And if I wanted to go in there and pop some popcorn at 3:30 in the morning, I did. It was bliss." "I love these gecko things; they're all over the place. And they're cute! They're afraid of you, but they're smart and they can see like crazy.""Just...

Story #1: Florida Freeze Wreaks Havoc on Lizards RUSH: The forecast for where we live last night was to get down to 38 degrees. I checked this morning when I got up, it was 41. So we didn't get as cold as we thought. It did snow in Daytona Beach, Florida, last night, early this morning. People are worried about the orange crop, the citrus crop. There are competing stories, and it didn't get as cold as it was thought to get and there wasn't any damage. Other people saying, "Yeah, there might...