Morale is slipping fast among our precious federal workers because of “threats to their pay and benefits” and “criticism” about the nature of their work.

What Happened to the Recovery? ... Investor Confidence Drops Below Consumer Confidence ...

RUSH: Remember, he said if he had a son he'd look like Trayvon Martin. I think, if Obama had a brother, he'd look like this Morsi fellow. Did we not call that? How's that outbreak of democracy working?

RUSH: There are seven-and-a-half hours where the president of the United States is not accounted for. That's what this is really all about, as far as I'm concerned.

RUSH: Just based on the way I hear them talking, the Republicans ought to call a press conference and say, "You know what? We don't even like ourselves, either. We hate us. You know what else? We are opposed to ourselves. Now will you vote for us?"

RUSH: This is the short version of Kristof's piece, according to David French at National Review: "Low tax rates on the rich, plus failure to deal with climate change, equals decaying infrastructure, increasing inequality, and wealthy opt-outs from public services," and public utilities.

RUSH: Obama doesn't care about economic growth. That's not news. What we have to realize is, the American people don't, either. That's what we have to realize.

RUSH: If you feel bad now let me add to it, because Obama's policies will get credit for that growth when they have literally nothing to do with it.

RUSH: "Are you conceding everything to these people, Rush?" No. "Are you giving up?" No. "Do you think there's no way to change?" No. I don't at all. Conservatism is the natural solution to everybody's problems.

RUSH: Obama has promised to give people all sorts of things that he has no ability and no intention of actually providing. He can't provide people what they are expecting.

RUSH: The best way to understand this fiscal cliff -- don't look at it as a way to try to create economic growth -- is more redistribution. It's higher tax rates. On the middle class, not just the rich. Another big myth.

RUSH: Interesting stat. More old white people, 65 and older, voted in the election than all the Hispanics or blacks combined. Romney still lost.

RUSH: They promote their failures in order to save their ideology. They are that proud of it. They're that confident. We, on the other hand, can't wait to get rid of our failures.

RUSH: Now, would liberals end up loving Big Tobacco if Big Tobacco was allowed to put marijuana in cigarettes? Because it's coming.

RUSH: The Republicans really thought that Romney was going to win the election, and I think they thought it was going to be fairly sizeable, not landslide, but there were a lot of people thought Romney was gonna win.

RUSH: You see this, and you just throw your arms up and you say, "What do you do?"

RUSH: We wanted to thank everybody that entered. You can check all of our former winners on our Hall of Patriots page at TwoIfByTea.com.

RUSH: I don't want anybody get the wrong idea from today's program.