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Some of the topics we're loaded with today: Obama: I "Didn't Understand How Bad It Was Going to Get" || Gas Up 83 Percent Under Obama || Tentative Deal Reached On Payroll Tax Cut || Food Inspector Confiscates Kid's Homemade Lunch

Obama Visits Master Lock ... Christie to Fly Flags at Half Staff for Whitney Houston ... Obama to Break Ground for Black Museum ... Gallup: Unemployment at 9% ... Obama Motors to Eliminate Pensions for Salaried Workers ... Megadeth Frontman for Santorum ... Santorum Ad Depicts Romney Shooting Mud, Quotes Us ...

The name Joseph Lhota might not mean anything to you, but for millions of New York children, he may become a hero.

RUSH: There are some things happening today that are downright scary... There's a balance of power here that has shifted away from us, and this -- I am here to tell you -- is by design.

RUSH: After going through how many trillions of dollars of debt, after going through how many stimulus bills, after lying to the American people about shovel-ready jobs, creating make-work jobs, building roads and bridges and schools, Barack Obama now says, "I didn't understand how bad things were."  And that's not even true.

RUSH: Zients says, "No, it's not a tax." But yet the regime is arguing before the Supreme Court that it is a tax and that's what makes it constitutional!

RUSH: He's trying to create as much dependence as he can in this country.  Class warfare politics, unconstitutional mandates, contraception distractions, vote buying.  That's what they figure will trump failed policies.

RUSH: If Santorum gets this Republican nomination that's what he's going to be known for... Santorum hates women, Republicans hate women, Republicans have no respect for women, Republicans want women in the kitchen constantly pregnant, blah, blah...

RUSH: It's just easier to stay in the safety net than to try work out of it.

SQUIRES: I'm not saying they don't want the best for their children, but they may not know what actually is best from an education standpoint.

MICHIGAN REPRESENTATIVE: Wow, parents don't know what's best for their child?

SQUIRES: I said they may want what's best for their child. They may not know.