RUSH: Everything Obama. That's the most important issue to conservative Americans. I don't know how you separate Obama from his policies. Obama is his policies. Obama's the problem. Obama has a vision of this country that is not held by anywhere near a majority.

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Some of the topics we're loaded with today: Newt Up in Iowa || Putin Gone Wild || US Forces Leaving Iraq

Fastest-Growing US Industry: Compliance...Hunger up in US cities...

Two new reports, from which we can draw only one conclusion.

RUSH: It's just been suggested that I call for a meeting between Romney and Gingrich and basically say, "Look, guys, you're embarrassing yourselves and everybody, it's time to shape up and stop all  this childish little, 'He's got a $500,000 line of credit at Tiffany, and he's destroying jobs and so forth and ruining companies. Gotta stop.'"  If I held the meeting, what would come out of it is they'd both say, "Why don't you run?"

RUSH: Outside of a couple of segments on CNBC, nobody's talking about it

RUSH: I defy anybody to tell me that this is something Obama doesn't want.

RUSH: People who earn $28 an hour on average are the ones paying the people making twice that.

RUSH:  I found a great chart here, and we've used this chart a couple of times.

RUSH: This next story, I have to admit, this is a twist.

RUSH: In honor of the new flavors and the Christmas season, we are running our final big, huge sweepstakes of the year...

CALLER: I'm saying, "Why not? Why shouldn't the guy fight back? The guy's been denigrated from day one.

RUSH: National Review used to be indisputably the voice of conservatism. There was no question. Now, it's not so much that as it is the voice of Republicanism.

RUSH: The establishment are not convinced Obama can be beat. But they think that Romney will at least help 'em hold the House and maybe win the Senate, which is what they want. 

RUSH: People are calling me -- Rush Limbaugh, the real Rush Limbaugh -- to see if I will agree that you need more unemployment benefits.  This is Obamaville.

RUSH: Yeah, it's a problem but you can overcome it. In Iowa, you go to the cauci. In New Hampshire, you go to the primaries and you vote, and you just don't let the media choose. You don't let yourself be affected by what they say about people.