The Pride of Wisconsin, WISN's Mark Belling, filled in on Wednesday. You can check out the topics Mark covered here, including articles and audio/video clips. Mark Steyn joins us tomorrow, and Rush returns on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.

"If we fail, I think it sets back courage in government by at least 10 years and maybe a generation. People will be too afraid to do the hard things." -Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin

Some of the topics we're loaded with today: Gingrich cuts late Iowa bus tour in half || Ron Paul In Iowa|| North Korean Mourners Line Streets for Kim Jong-il’s Funeral