RUSH: One closing thought from the previous hour: I'm noticing this in a lot of conservative media. Those of us who are opposing these McCain... Let me set this up a better way. When Huckabee was coming out of nowhere in Iowa, we had numerous pundits on the left who write their conservatism to be read by liberals, jumping on the Huckabee bandwagon. And then McCain came out of nowhere in New Hampshire, and then they jumped on the McCain bandwagon. Romney wins in Michigan, and they didn't jump...

RUSH: Jim in Kansas City, Missouri, I'm glad you called, sir. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thanks for taking my call.RUSH: Yes, sir.CALLER: Earlier you had mentioned that when the time comes, you're going to announce or get behind somebody, and I'm just wondering, what's your selection criteria for picking a candidate, and two, how do you decide when that time is that you're going to announce? I'm more interested in how you pick a candidate. Because especially this year with...

RUSH: Jim in Kansas City, Missouri, I'm glad you called, sir. Welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thanks for taking my call.RUSH: Yes, sir.CALLER: Earlier you had mentioned that when the time comes, you're going to announce or get behind somebody, and I'm just wondering, what's your selection criteria for picking a candidate, and two, how do you decide when that time is that you're going to announce? I'm more interested in how you pick a candidate. Because especially this year with...

RUSH: We go back to the phones now and John in Jacksonville. Thanks much for waiting. I appreciate it, sir.CALLER: Okay, sir. How you doing today?RUSH: Just fine, thank you.CALLER: Yes, I was watching Good Morning America, and they had Obama on, and he was actually trying to defend himself against all these Clinton attacks. For some reason, the news media people can't figure out what he's doing. All he's doing is running interference for Hillary Clinton to win Super Tuesday coming up. I...

RUSH: Here's Ann in Carrollton, Virginia. Hi, Ann, welcome to the EIB Network.CALLER: Yes, thank you for taking my call. For weeks you've been telling us why we should not vote for McCain because he's not a true conservative, or Huckabee because he's not a true conservative, and you base that on their records as senator and governor. What I'd like to hear is why you feel that Romney is a true conservative, because I honestly don't know a lot of about him. But I base --RUSH: Before I answer...

RUSH: One closing thought from the previous hour: I'm noticing this in a lot of conservative media. Those of us who are opposing these McCain... Let me set this up a better way. When Huckabee was coming out of nowhere in Iowa, we had numerous pundits on the left who write their conservatism to be read by liberals, jumping on the Huckabee bandwagon. And then McCain came out of nowhere in New Hampshire, and then they jumped on the McCain bandwagon. Romney wins in Michigan, and they didn't jump...

RUSH: Rick in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Hi.CALLER: Rush, I love you, but I haven't been as mad with you as I have now since you did that Playboy interview, you really begin to make me so angry right now. Rush, you're decimating the Republican Party right now. You're so blind to what's going on down here in South Carolina and the national election here --RUSH: Hold it. Enlighten me. Show me the light. I'm blind. Tell me how I am to blame for this. I want to know.CALLER: All right. You...

RUSH: Roseanne in Greensboro, North Carolina. Hi.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Hey, you're the scapegoat of our generation, and people who follow you -- well, not "follow you," because I don't follow anybody -- but people who listen to you -- and we don't listen to you because we follow you; we listen to you because we don't feel like we're the only ones in the universe who can think our way out of a paper bag when we listen to you -- we're the scapegoat of our generation, too. I went to a class beginning...

RUSH: This, to me, is fascinating to watch. Washington Post on Sunday: "'This Time, McCain Defused Conservative Attacks.' From Rush Limbaugh to Tom DeLay, voices that once held sway over the Republican rank and file unloaded on John McCain over the last week, trying to use a conservative electorate in South Carolina to derail the Arizona senator's quest for the Republican nomination. But though McCain failed to persuade many of the old Republican power brokers..." I think that's absolutely wrong....

Rush's Morning Update: ColdOriginal Air Date: November 9, 2007Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Well, right on cue, Reuters has run their annual news story about the hardship some Americans will face heating their homes this winter. In this year's installment, a 61-year-old Massachusetts woman laments how her winter will be spent huddled around her gas oven-- with her husband and 88-year-old mother-- because she cannot afford...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"I can see possibly not supporting the Republican nominee this election, and I never thought that I would say that in my life.""We're getting the fall rating reports in, and the audience is through the roof; it truly is expanding by leaps and bounds. So once again, after almost 20 years of doing this show, the Drive-Bys still misunderstand its appeal.""Mrs. Clinton says she's going to freeze mortgage interest rates and freeze foreclosures...

Story #1: El Conservo Tribe Applies for Florida Casino License RUSH: By the way, David Brooks, New York Times last week, proclaimed that I'm the leader of a tribe and that you people are members of the tribe. Well, I want you to know that as the chief of the tribe, I, Chief Wagawaga El Rushbo, have applied for a casino license for us here in Florida, and I will be keeping you apprised of our progress. We are the El Rushbo El Conservo tribe and we are going to get our own casino and we're going...