RUSH: Speaking of November, when the recession will be proclaimed over, this morning on MSNBC, Scarborough's show, David Axelrod was the guest. Scarborough said to Axelrod, "You do understand that health care and the stimulus and the bailout and all these battles have caused some serious problems for Democrats in the House that have won seats that McCain and Bush also took. You do understand the past year has had a negative impact on their political chances?"AXELROD: Here's what every Democrat...

RUSH: From Ft. Lauderdale: "A woman battling a cancer battle was dealt a surprise blow by Uncle Sam this month. Diana Smith has gone through six months of radiation and chemotherapy -- one week out of every month. She is in remission and had a donor for a transplant; being in remission is prerequisite for the transplant. But her hopes of receiving the transplant were dashed in March, when she says, the Social Security Administration contacted her -- without her soliciting it -- and told her that...

RUSH: Laura in Hicksville, New York, welcome to the Rush Limbaugh program. Great to have you here.CALLER: Hi, Rush. First things first, I have to tell you I love you and my husband knows and it's okay. I am a wife and a mother and a grandmother, and the other day at a dinner I went to over the weekend I got to confront Chuck-U Schumer.RUSH: Where did this happen?CALLER: This happened on Long Island. I was at a dinner for a fire service, and Chuck-U Schumer weaseled an invitation to get there...

RUSH: Now, I have just peppered you with close to 45 minutes of the day's news on the economy and unemployment and none of it good, right? Now we turn to a column in the New York Post today by Larry Kudlow of CNBC. "Don't Sell America's Recovery Short -- Sometimes, you have to take off your political lenses and look at the actual statistics to get a true picture of the US economy's health. Right now, those statistics are saying a modest cyclical rebound after a deep downturn could be turning into...

RUSH: President Obama has said that we have turned the corner on the economy numerous times, correctamente? From the New York Times today, Sewell Chan and Louise Story: "Recession Arbiters, Wary of Certifying an Upturn -- A committee of economists, charged with determining the official turning points in the nation’s business cycles, certifies the beginnings and ends of recessions. But this time, the committee members say, the evidence is not so easy to decipher. The committee plans to announce...

RUSH: I have to tell you what I did over the weekend. I was invited to attend the Horatio Alger Association dinner on Friday night at Constitution Hall in Washington. So I flew up there right after the program. (interruption) Well, 'cause I was only going to be there two nights. This was a well advised and well worth it trip. The Horatio Alger Association has been around for decades, and the association inducts new members every year, people who have come from nowhere. They did not have a privileged...

RUSH: By the way, have you noticed that they've stopped using the word "stimulus" now? They don't use the word "stimulus" every time they talk about it because it's not working. All of these deficits... You know, the Keynesian theory is that all of these deficits are going to ignite investment, ignite hiring. That's the theory of Keynesian economics, and it hasn't worked, it never has worked, it's not working now. So you'll read in the papers, you'll see on the Internet: "Obama's Latest Jobs...

RUSH: Another day, another meaningless Obama summit, this one on nuclear proliferation, at least we hope it's meaningless. The only thing that would be worse than a meaningless Obama summit is one that makes some real difference, given what his objectives are to cut the United States down to size. And apparently Hillary Clinton didn't get the memo. Mrs. Clinton said this on Slay the Nation yesterday, Bob Schieffer said, "Are nonnuclear weapons so good now, Madam Secretary, we don't have to rely...

Rush's Morning Update: Not All Bad?April 13, 2010Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player|RealPlayer In North Carolina last week, Obama told supporters: "You're hearing a lot of talk these days" that "government is terrible...bureaucrats are taking over, and all this stuff." He said, "Look, I don't want government any more than is necessary."According to government-runAP, this represents a shift in Obama's self-described missionto "make government...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"Bush's recession was better than Obama's recovery.""You know, my friends, I have a favorite Shakespeare quote that I use frequently on this broadcast: 'Brevity is the soul of wit.' I will adapt it: 'Strength is the soul of victory.' Ronald Reagan understood that. Obama believes in neither. He's simply a blowhard who believes his personal control is the soul of victory." "You know what General Sherman said about war? He said,...