RUSH: Julie in Toronto, Canada, as we go to the phones. It isgreat to have you with us today. How are you?CALLER: Thank you, Rush. It's so great to talk to you. I have a question that I want to ask you. The United States is at a great tipping point. It's at a tipping point where it has never been in the past, and we constantly hear different prominent people in the GOP saying that they're not ready to lead. They're not ready. This is my question: I don't understand how these people have the...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"How do you call yourself an independent and vote for the Democrat Party, which is all about total dependence? There's nothing independent about the Democrat Party.""My instincts are to defend the people that the liberals are targeting because I know who the left is, I know what their objectives are, I know what their agenda is, and I know what their policies' outcomes will be." "If you sit around and let the left start target...

Rush's Morning Update: Walkout!April 27, 2011Watch It! Download Morning Update Video in QuickTimeListen to It! Windows Media Player On April 1st, hundreds of students attending the Ralph Reed Middle School in Central Islip, New York, just walked out of class,protesting budget cuts. They held a little demonstration in front of the district offices, andthey were suspended.And now the New York Civil Liberties Union is criticizing the school district. Instead of being suspended, they saythe students...

RUSH: I don't know if you've noticed it to this detail. It's why I'm here. Gasoline prices have gone up again for the 35th straight day. I kid you not, ladies and gentlemen. Thirty-fifth straight day. Now, if there were a Republican in the White House, every network would kick off their evening news broadcast with this day-by-day count. Instead, what do we get? This is great news for America. It will bring families together by keeping them at home. It's great news for the planet, there's...

RUSH: For the bulk of my career, as you know if you have been regular listeners, I have always been dubious of the virtue attached to independents and moderates. I've often asked: "Can you find for me in the library the book Great Moderates in American History?" and I have equated independents with moderates. One of the reasons that I have done this is that we have been told that every presidential election really only is important to 20% of the voting public, because 80% of the voting public,...

RUSH: "Republicans may be ready for a fling with Donald Trump, but a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows they have reservations about installing him in the White House. The real estate developer and reality TV star, who scores at the top in polls of the GOP field these days..." By the way, Trump's going to New Hampshire, and they are selling out. People are paying to attend Trump political rallies! He's got seven or eight of them. They're having to move them to larger venues, and people are scalping tickets...

RUSH: CBS/New York Times poll reports that "a plurality of Americans approve of Paul Ryan's Medicaid reform." Now, folks, let's go back to yesterday because there's another side to this. Yesterday I made it plain that I don't buy one syllable of this notion that Obama's a shoo-in for reelection. One of the reasons why is I live in Realville. I don't need these polls to tell me. When 46% say they'd never vote for Obama, 70% disapprove, 70% think the future of the country is on the wrong track,...

RUSH: I got the preacher here from 2010, Obama's Easter Sunday preacher calling me the KKK back in 2010. I don't know if I want to waste time on that. Yeah, why not? Why not? Well, let's do it 'cause -- 'cause we got something funny to follow it. Okay, so January 15th in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, Eastern University's Windows of the World Convention, Washington, DC's Shiloh Baptist Church pastor Wallace Charles Smith was the speaker...SMITH: Any time you can have the kind of hatemongering that...

RUSH: Charlie in Omaha, Nebraska. Welcome to the EIB Network. Great to have you here.CALLER: Hi, Rush. Mega dittos. It's actually Carly.RUSH: Carly, sorry about that. You're right.CALLER: That's okay. So I want to tell you, I started as a huge Obama supporter. I voted in every election since I was 18 years old, and then when I was online one day I took a test that was telling you what candidate you should vote for because I was trying to decide between Obama and Hillary, and then much...

RUSH: Tim in Salem, Oregon, hello, sir. Great to have you on the program.CALLER: Thank you. Dittos, Rush.RUSH: Thank you, sir.CALLER: What characteristics will you look for in a Republican that would convince you that, when elected president, they will follow through on our conservative values?RUSH: The first thing I'm looking for is fearlessness, conviction, someone unafraid to express the core beliefs, a willingness to teach, an enthusiasm to convert. Somebody that's not concerned with media...