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RUSH: What isn\u2019t being discussed in all of this is Obama — and where is he? There\u2019s no opponent… (interruption) Oh, by the way, you know these robo-calls for Hillary that have been going out? Guess who they think\u2019s responsible for that? Me! They think there\u2019s another Operation Chaos<\/a>. When I say “they,” I mean the media.<\/p>\n

Some people in the media, some in the Democrat Party think that I am putting together this Operation Chaos 2 with all these robo-calls trying to get Hillary as veep and get Biden as secretary of state, because Obama\u2019s in such trouble. Obama is in trouble — and, of course, it makes sense he would be discussed. He\u2019s not opposed so he\u2019s gonna come out of the Hawkeye Cauci<\/a> a big winner, but there is nevertheless a story from Real Clear Politics by a woman named Salena Zito, and here\u2019s a pull-quote: “All he\u2019s got right now…” meaning Obama. “All that he has right now, despite Washington media reports predicting his resurrection in the polls, is a political machine that can turn out just enough voters for him to win electorally. He does not have a groundswell of support.” Obama\u2019s approval numbers are tanking. It doesn\u2019t look good. Of course, nobody\u2019s talking to you about this because the focus obviously is the Republican primary.<\/line><\/p>\n

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RUSH: Grab audio sound bite 16 and 17, Obama in trouble. And, look, the media know it. Of course they\u2019re not gonna spend a lot of time talking about it, and I actually don\u2019t want to go overboard on it because I don\u2019t want to get people in a false sense of comfort here. But listen to a couple sound bites. This is Gloria Borger on Chris Matthews\u2019 Sunday show, a lot of people on his panel. He said, “Is there a mood right now that this president\u2019s probably going to lose as events take their course? In the direction we\u2019re headed right now, is there a sense Obama\u2019s headed towards defeat?”<\/p>\n

BORGER: There are lots of Democrats I talk to who are very worried that with high unemployment numbers, with the deficit being front and center —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

BORGER: — that the president is gonna play defense —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right.<\/p>\n

BORGER: — the entire time. Look, as Major was saying, it\u2019s very difficult to win an election when you say, you know what, the other guy, whoever the other guy turns out to be, the other guy would make things worse. That\u2019s not actually a positive, optimistic, hopeful, morning in America kind of message. So I think Barack Obama has his work cut out. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Gloria Borger. And it\u2019s a good point. “The other guy\u2019s worse” as a message. The irony is that the Republican establishment doesn\u2019t think he can lose. I\u2019m not kidding, folks. I am not making this up and I\u2019m not trying to be provocative and I\u2019m not tweaking them. I\u2019m telling you, the Republican establishment, they\u2019re looking at averages, Obama\u2019s race, they\u2019re looking at timidity. They just think Obama\u2019s gonna win, that you don\u2019t beat an incumbent, and he\u2019s got all this money to pass out. The Democrats, they don\u2019t see how he can win. Our guys don\u2019t see how he can lose. What does that tell you? Here\u2019s David Ignatius, same panel, Chris Matthews\u2019 show. Matthews said, “Do they feel like that? Do you have the sense that there\u2019s a feel out there right now that the Obama people know they\u2019re going to face a very uphill battle this year?”<\/p>\n

IGNATIUS: I think they\u2019re worried, they have been worried. It\u2019s Obama\u2019s way to play defense, that\u2019s just how he\u2019s conducted himself as president. This year is his last chance to define himself for the American people in a clear way as a leader so that people might join on. I just would note one thing. Obama is the only candidate in this race who can say to the American public, “I killed Osama Bin Laden. We took down America\u2019s biggest enemy. I made the country safer.” And that could be powerful.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, to who? Do you think the Occupy Wall Street crowd cares about that? Do you think the American left cares about that? That\u2019s what have you done for me lately. I hope they do think that\u2019s a big deal. It\u2019s not gonna hurt but that\u2019s what they\u2019re focusing on? How about this. (imitating Ignatius) “Yeah, he\u2019s got one last chance this year to define himself.” What do you mean, one last year? He\u2019s been president for three years. He was a media darling for a year and a half before, what do you mean he\u2019s got a year to define himself? He\u2019s already defined. Everybody knows who and what Obama is. And it\u2019s not that hard to contrast with Obama. That\u2019s why we\u2019re sitting on a potential gold mine here with the right nominee. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m talking about for the future of the country. There\u2019s no reason to nominate and elect a moderate. There\u2019s no reason to. “Mr. Limbaugh, the country prefers –” There\u2019s no reason to, Mr. New Castrati. That whole moderate philosophy is based on close races trying to pick off 10 to 15% of the undecided. This could be a slam-dunk landslide with the right candidate and the right campaign and the right contrast, because Obama is defined. He\u2019s defined by his policies. And why should we sit around and wait for Obama and the media to define him anyway? Why don\u2019t we go on offense for a change and do it ourselves? Of course, we have been here. I\u2019m talking about people that run the stupid party.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Speaking of defining, this is interesting. An analysis released last week show that 45% of all the political ads in Iowa were negative ads<\/a> directed at Gingrich, and they worked. Negative ads worked. Mitt Romney took Newt out with negative ads. Well, his PAC did in Iowa. That\u2019s why you have to define yourself. You can\u2019t let others. And Obama can\u2019t define himself honestly and win. So we should do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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