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Some of the topics we're loaded with today: Obama to Tax Christmas || Paterno to Retire Amid Sex Scandal Cover-Up || Cain Weathers More Accusations

RUSH: You're not gonna win everything and Ohio is what it is. I'm not trying to minimize it. Folks, we talked about it at great length yesterday. We are a nation in decline.

RUSH: Does getting five people together for a press conference add more weight?

RUSH: I marvel when the media people start trumpeting people on our side.

RUSH: Silberman is not young anymore, but I can remember the many times I've been introduced to him, people told me I was meeting "the pope of the law," and he came across that way. He's a man of impeccable integrity -- and conservative through and through, top to bottom, backwards and forwards.

RUSH: Virginia is going gangbusters compared to most states in the country, and it's going Republican all the while.

RUSH: The Castros in Cuba are finally going to allow Cubans to buy and sell their houses.

RUSH: This is one of the reasons why people are sticking by Herman Cain. They're very much aware of this double standard and they're ticked off.

RUSH: Obama steps in and makes sure that his regime is not gonna be confused with supporting Christmas.

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RUSH: You put $30 million of TV on the air that tells people that these evil Republicans want to take cops off the street and they want to make sure that the firemen aren't around when your house burns down, some people are not gonna take a chance that that's not true.

It's maddening.

It's entirely frustrating.

The loser in 2008, Senator John McCain, now predicts a third political party will form because Americans are so frustrated.

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RUSH: You know, Newt is catching fire, by the way. He is starting to resonate.