California voters now have been promised that with the taxes they’ve imposed on themselves, their budget problems are over.

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RUSH: Small things beat big things yesterday.  Conservatism, in my humble opinion, did not lose last night.  It's just very difficult to beat Santa Claus...  In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?  

RUSH: Mitt Romney and his wife and his family are the essence of decency. He's the essence of achievement. Mitt Romney's life is a testament to what's possible in this country. Mitt Romney is the nicest guy anybody would ever run into.

RUSH: Does that mean open the borders and embrace the illegals?  I want you to think about this.  Is that what this means?  Is that what the Republican establishment means?  We've gotta reach out to Hispanics, is that what they mean?  If we're not getting the female vote, do we become pro-choice?  Do we start passing out birth control pills?  Is that what we have to do? 

RUSH: Where is the evidence that people are going to associate a dismal economy with Obama? Over half of them still blame George W. Bush! The reality we face is that what's real isn't, and what isn't real is. 

RUSH: The Republican Party has more elected Hispanics serving in office than the Democrat Party has.  And yet what is said about Republicans?  Racist, sexist, bigots, and homophobes.

RUSH: It's the rich that aren't paying their fair share. It's the rich that are gonna have to pay a little bit more. It's the rich that didn't build that.

RUSH: Obama's policies are crushing women, young people. Look at student loan debt, look at the lack of jobs, look at the cost of college tuition. Obama's making everything worse. These people showed up in droves. Why? Ditto Hispanics and their unemployment, and he didn't even come through for 'em on immigration, and they still showed up. Why? 

RUSH: I don't think anybody else, at this point, knows what the long-term effects are gonna be. Because there will be other events that are gonna happen that will give him a chance to fix it or make it worse.

RUSH: Do you really think they care about the deficit? I don't think they give a rat's rear end about it.