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RUSH: Just a couple sound bites. Here is me making a prediction about Virginia yesterday.<\/p>\n

RUSH ARCHIVE: Whatever the vote totals in Virginia, the State-Controlled Media will report that the turnout was not as big as expected, that the vote for the Republicans and against the Democrats was not as big as expected. And besides, everybody knew that the Republicans would win. It\u2019s no surprise. The White House even knew it. Why, the White House threw this guy, Creigh Deeds, under the bus a couple weeks ago, the White House knew he ran a lousy campaign.<\/p>\n

RUSH: CNN, Jeffrey Toobin.<\/p>\n

TOOBIN: The question is are Virginia voters, were they more excited by Barack Obama or Craig (sic) Deeds? That\u2019s a pretty easy question and a pretty easy answer. He was a lousy candidate, he didn\u2019t have a message, he distanced himself from the Democratic Party, and he lost big. I don\u2019t draw a lot of conclusions from that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know these people ought to just listen to me and say something different from what I predict just to not make me right, because they hate it when I\u2019m right. Okay, here\u2019s Tavis Smiley. He was on Larry King Alive last night.<\/p>\n

SMILEY: Virginia is very close to DC but in terms of voting patterns Virginia could not be any different than DC. What Barack Obama did in Virginia last year was out of the ordinary, terribly extraordinary, and we celebrated that last year, but tonight just says that we\u2019ve returned to business as usual. I don\u2019t think anybody in the country expected that this race was going to be any different, that is for governor, in the state of Virginia.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do I know these people or do I know these people? Everybody knew he was gonna lose, it was not unexpected, blah, blah, blah, blah. Lousy candidate. Now, Rush prediction comes true in New Jersey. First, what I said yesterday.<\/p>\n

RUSH ARCHIVE: The damage control spin will be that the president was heroic in his efforts to save a hopeless candidate. Corzine was surrounded by corruption. He destroyed New Jersey\u2019s economy. He was enormously unpopular. But the president decided to make a courageous stand and to try to save him. And despite Corzine losing, look how close the election became. But for Obama and his team, New Jersey would have been a wipeout, not a nail-biter. So New Jersey\u2019s actually an Obama win, even should Corzine lose.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Here is Howard Fineman on MSNBC\u2019s election coverage.<\/p>\n

FINEMAN: The White House thought accurately that Corzine was a very weak candidate, no people skills, didn\u2019t follow through on tax cuts, has the Goldman Sachs tie, the Wall Street tie, all of what Chris Matthews was just talking about. They did however suck it up and stick with him, they did what they could. It wasn\u2019t enough. They were trying to nudge Corzine out. They knew he was a weak candidate.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Can we play these two again? Folks, there are those days and moments where even I think I\u2019m great. I know you do every day. I don\u2019t have time to think about myself that way very often. But today is one of those days where I join you and agree with you. This has been a kick-butt show. Place four and five back-to-back. This is uncanny. <\/p>\n

RUSH ARCHIVE: The damage control spin will be that the president was heroic in his efforts to save a hopeless candidate. Corzine was surrounded by corruption. He destroyed New Jersey\u2019s economy. He was enormously unpopular. But the president decided to make a courageous stand and to try to save him. And despite Corzine losing, look how close the election became. But for Obama and his team, New Jersey would have been a wipeout, not a nail-biter. So New Jersey\u2019s actually an Obama win, even should Corzine lose.<\/p>\n

FINEMAN: The White House thought accurately that Corzine was a very weak candidate, no people skills, didn\u2019t follow through on tax cuts, has the Goldman Sachs tie, the Wall Street tie, all of what Chris Matthews was just talking about. They did however suck it up and stick with him, they did what they could. It wasn\u2019t enough. They were trying to nudge Corzine out. They knew he was a weak candidate.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know, these guys, Howard, Tavis Smiley, I thought Virginia was realignment. After this big sweep a year ago, they were all talking about how Virginia was a realignment. And, by the way, lest we forget, the Washington Post lost the election yesterday, too. They backed every loser for statewide office. They backed many of the losers for delegates in the state. Because here\u2019s the media, and you\u2019ll hear it in a minute, ‘Limbaugh, Palin, rebuffed, Limbaugh-Palin responsible for loss of Doug Hoffman, New York-23, Limbaugh-Palin, Limbaugh-Palin.\u2019 How about the Washington Post? The Washington Post tried to destroy McDonnell the way they destroyed George Allen. You still can\u2019t find the word Macaca in the dictionary anywhere. You can\u2019t ignore that the Washington Post did everything they could for Creigh Deeds. By the way, Toobin pronounced him Craig Deeds, it\u2019s Creigh Deeds. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: We\u2019re going to go to my prediction coming true about media spin in New Jersey. We\u2019ll follow it back-to-back by Joe Trippi on the Fox News Channel last night and Bob Beckel on the Fox News Channel last night. Here goes.<\/p>\n

RUSH ARCHIVE: The damage control spin will be that the president was heroic in his efforts to save a hopeless candidate. ‘Corzine was surrounded by corruption. He destroyed New Jersey\u2019s economy. He was enormously unpopular. But the president decided to make a courageous stand and to try to save him. And despite Corzine losing, look how close the election became. But for Obama and his team, New Jersey would have been a wipeout, not a nail-biter.\u2019 So New Jersey is actually an Obama win, even should Corzine lose. <\/p>\n

TRIPPI: I don\u2019t think so. I think Corzine with the — the approval ratings he had, that most consultants or pundits would say those numbers were terminal. If Christie had been a stronger candidate he should have really — really done some damage here. He\u2019s barely going to win this thing. Maybe a hundred thousand votes, maybe. He\u2019s held that margin throughout the night and we\u2019ll see how that holds up. But I really think this is throwing out the ins with the outs.<\/p>\n

BECKEL: Are you kidding me? The Second Coming wouldn\u2019t have saved Corzeen (sic). It\u2019s the reason I predicted Christie was going to win yesterday. Yes. Could say it\u2019s a good night for the Republicans? Yes. But it\u2019s not going to change things. Obama is 51% favorable. Obama doesn\u2019t have much to worry about.<\/p>\n

RUSH: The Second Coming! That means Jesus Christ. Not even Jesus Christ could have saved Corzine. (interruption) Yeah, he said ‘Corzeen,\u2019 right. I mean, they\u2019re really dissing the guy now. They\u2019re throwing him out. But not even Jesus Christ could save Corzine! Beckel, do you know how nuts you are? How in the world do you compare one visit from Jesus Christ with five visits from Obama? He had five visits from The Messiah, from The One. And you\u2019re bringing Jesus Christ into this? Jesus Christ doesn\u2019t stand a chance! With one visit Obama had five in there, Beckel. Folks, I\u2019m having more fun today than I\u2019ve had with this stuff in a long time. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: One more prediction. And actually I got a Limbaugh echo here from F. Chuck Todd. This is a point yesterday. I hammered it home.<\/p>\n

RUSH ARCHIVE: Folks, look at me. Look at me. I want to issue you a profundity here. If any Republican wins today it has to show that it is attracting independents, right? Because the White House, David Plouffe and all these people are saying that GOP party affiliation is at all-time low. If party affiliation is at an all-time low and Republicans win today, why, it has to be independents, by their own definition. I\u2019m going to hang that around their necks tomorrow, and I can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Last night on Hard-Boiled, Chris Matthews was talking to White House correspondent F. Chuck Todd. And Matthews said, ‘This guy Corzine, big-money guy from Wall Street, I mean, let\u2019s face it, he can\u2019t walk away. Who would want to walk away from that? But he\u2019s got it on his back.\u2019<\/p>\n

TODD: The other thing out of this, and I just don\u2019t want us to lose this fact. The independent — the Republicans, win or lose in New Jersey tonight, will carry independents in Virginia, will carry independents in New Jersey, and are going to win independents in that New York-23 race. That is not insignificant, and that should be a warning — sort of like a yellow light, not a red light to the White House, but a yellow light.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s a red light, F. Chuck. So it\u2019s a warning. Limbaugh Echo Syndrome. And let\u2019s go to the LA Times headline: ‘Republican Victories Send Message to Democrats.\u2019 In the first paragraph: ‘giving the GOP a lift and offering warning signs to Democrats ahead of the 2010 midterm elections.\u2019 And then we go to the Washington Post, which endorsed Creigh Deeds. I guess the Washington Post really doesn\u2019t have all that much influence, does it? Headline: ‘Contests Serve as Warning to Democrats: It\u2019s Not 2008 Anymore.\u2019 Warning, warning, independents have abandoned ship. Republicans can win independents with the right message. The media spins what the message is in the next story: ‘Now, the Hard Part: Continuing to Straddle the Center and the Right,\u2019 as McDonnell\u2019s lead widened he poured on conservatism, however. ‘In the final days of the campaign, as his lead widened in polls, McDonnell more often declared conservative intentions. He spoke daily of limited government, low taxes and free enterprise. He said he would ‘stand up strong\u2019 against same-sex marriage and to ‘protect the unborn.” Conservatism is ascending. It was a large factor in both these guys being elected in Virginia and in New Jersey. Do not let anybody else tell you otherwise. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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