RUSH: Jocelyn in Houston, as we go back to the phones. You're next, and it's great to have you here. Hello.CALLER: Hello. Hi. Thank you for taking my call.RUSH: Yes, ma'am.CALLER: My question to you is, we're all learning about widespread failure in banking and mortgage practices and I'm wondering: Where's the focus on state government mismanagement of funds? You know, Michigan, New York, California, Florida, Ohio. I read all the time about horrible things that they're doing with people's...

RUSH: There is an outfit in North Carolina, Public Policy Polling. They have taken a poll on me. So that means that Rasmussen has polled me, that Gallup has polled me, that Zogby has polled me, and now Public Policy Polling. They're a bunch of Democrats, a bunch of liberals, and normally I'm told that their work is contained inside North Carolina. But now they're branching out with a poll on El Rushbo. "A new national survey from [Public Policy Polling] finds 46% of Americans have a positive opinion...

RUSH: I want to go to the phones here. We have a guy on the phone who is, well, I'm assuming it's Chip from Watertown, New York, and I'm assuming he's optimistic based on the line that Mr. Snerdley has put up on the call screener monitor here, "Achievers will prevail regardless." Chip, welcome to the EIB Network. A lot of people are in desperate straits here hoping to hear some optimism. Am I right, you are optimistic?CALLER: Absolutely, Rush. Let me start out by saying that I am thrilled...

RUSH: Breaking news, from of all places, TMZ, the gossip TV network. I told you last hour, Northern Trust of Chicago, who holds the mortgage to Barack Obama's mansion purchased with help from Tony Rezko held a big party at the LA Open, Riviera Country Club, all last week. Northern Trust took $1.6 billion in federal bailout money. They did not ask for it; it was forced upon them. They threw a party for their customers, trying to expand their customer base, keeping their customer base happy....

RUSH: What we learned yesterday is Barack Obama can lecture a class. He cannot govern a country, but he can certainly lecture a class in absolutely worthless drivel. There was nothing that happened yesterday in this summit. The Fiscal Irresponsibility Summit is actually what it was. Do you know that the chief economic advisor fell asleep during the thing? He did. Lawrence Summers. There's a picture of it. He's barely sitting on the chair. He's in one of those arched chairs. They had a bunch...

RUSH: This is from September 30th, 1999. Headline: "'Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending' -- In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders. The action, which will begin as a pilot program involving 24 banks in 15 markets -- including the New York metropolitan region -- will encourage those banks to extend home...

RUSH: Obama's big speech tonight, and he's going to sound, according to the Politico, he's going to sound Reaganesque. Bob Gibbs, the most brilliant and competent ever White House spokesman has hinted at a Reaganesque speech. Now, how can that be? Because he's not Reagan. I don't care what anybody says, he's not Reagan. I thought the ear of Reagan was over. I'll tell you, folks, this makes my blood boil. The dumb idiots on our side of the aisle, in our media, got this whole business started,...

There are new rules that are proposed by the transportation safety administration, part of homeland security, that would treat private business aviation identically to commercial aviation. One of the results of this could be that if the rules are adopted treating private aviation the same as commercial aviation, Tiger Woods, nor any other professional golfer, nor any or golfer could carry their golf clubs on their airplane because the baggage compartment in the private jet is accessible from the...

Rush's Morning Update: Greater GoodFebruary 25, 2009Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer Well, President Obama and the Democrat congressional leaders have decided they want more control over the transmission lines that make up our current power grid. For the purposes of this update, I'm not going to tackle the merits of this plan, I just want tofocus on the politics.In order to accomplish their objective, Senate Democrat Majority...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"How long will Obama's speech be? Will it be an Obama one hour, a Hugo Chavez two hours, or a Fidel Castro three hours?""We have a president who is the exact opposite of the way he is portrayed. We have a president who has ambitions that are not being reported on. We have a president who was not vetted, and any attempt to be truthful about him is met with, 'Oh, come on, don't be paranoid!'" "Obama is not 'Reaganesque'. He's Big...

Story #1: Market Hangs on Words of Idiots Like Chris Dodd RUSH: Now, they had Ben Bernanke up there today, chairman of the Federal Reserve, and he's testifying before the Wizards of Smart, primarily Chris Dodd. Did you hear the cheap shot that Dodd aimed at Bernanke? He asked Bernanke right off the bat, "What would have happened had we privatized Social Security?" These guys are constantly on the attack. So he's going to go out there and he's going to bash Bush as much as he can. First of all,...