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I'm almost as upset that Democratic presidential candidates are squabbling as I am that Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle apparently don't want to live in Los Angeles until President Donald Trump leaves office. Double bummer. Speaking of doubles, did you know that Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have accused each other of lying? How can this be? Progressives don't lie. With that in mind, one of them must be lying. After Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate, Warren and Sanders were noticed in an apparently heated exchange, and CNN later released the audio of the intra-socialist spat. Word...

Voters may finally get a chance to see a Democratic debate take place on the same stage on the same night, as 10 candidates have qualified for the ABC-sponsored Sept. 12 showdown in Houston. Democratic presidential candidates have until the end of Wednesday to get at least 2 percent in four qualifying polls as well as have donations from at least 130,000 unique donors. Polling Threshold. Candidates must receive 2% or more support in at least four polls (which may be national polls, or polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and/or Nevada) meeting the following criteria (“Qualifying Poll Criteria”):...

Last week’s Democratic debate marked the end of the beginning of this winding campaign season. With so many miles to go, most of the events witnessed so far will fade from view. But we saw two trends likely to remain with us for the foreseeable future: the slow, steady decline of Joe Biden from frontrunner to afterthought; and the relish of the current occupant of the White House to seize back the national conversation from those seeking to unseat him. Let’s begin with Biden. There has been plenty of discussion about the exchange with Senator Kamala Harris, D-Calif., that left...

RUSH: My God, are those people mad. Trump is just creating more havoc than he even knows in this party. Anyway, folks, here we are at the end of yet another busy broadcast week. It’s Open Line Friday. And, as I said yesterday, things that you think need to be talked about and aren’t being, well, this is your day to call and bring it up. If you have a question or comment, feel free. It’s 800-282-2882 if you want to be on the program. The email address, ElRushbo@eibnet.us. Okay. No matter how you slice this last night, it was...

RUSH: (Speaking Spanish) It’s almost a verbatim translation for, “Greetings to you, music lovers all across the fruited plain. Welcome to the EIB Network.” Good lord, folks, if you don’t have to watch these debates, don’t. It’s punishing. I mean, it is tough slogging. It is tough sledding. If you can look at these, if you can watch these and somehow be entertained by it, then fine. But to take this stuff seriously could drive you nuts. And I’m gonna tell you something else. I’m actually glad that I have the benefit of having done this. I don’t mean to...

RUSH: I want to show you something. You know, the Democrat debates begin tonight. Did you see Trump stole my line, that he doesn’t want to watch these debates but now he has to? You haven’t heard that? We’ve got it coming up in the audio. I’m not accusing the president of theft. That’s not the thing. A good line’s a good line. The truth is truth. I don’t want to watch this garbage, either, but I have to. And he was asked if he was gonna watch. (paraphrasing) “Well, I don’t want to watch it. It’s the last thing...

Ahead of the first Democratic candidate debate — scheduled to kick off Wednesday night in Miami — the pro-life organization March For Life has released a new ad that will air on MSNBC before the debate broadcast.The ad, embedded below, is a simple video showcasing several women who explain how politicians “working for the pro-abortion lobby” are out of touch with the majority of women, including Democrats, when it comes to pro-abortion legislation.Touting the idea that there is a consensus among the American people, the video cites statistics from a February 2018 KofC-Marist poll showing 8 in 10 Americans agree...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: So Hillary Clinton leaves the debate stage to go take a whiz. They timed it for her. She had a minute 45 seconds to get there, a minute 45 to get back and whatever length of time it took to do the business. They had Huma, Huma Weiner was standing guard, they even timed this. They had Huma standing guard outside the restroom. When Hillary shows up to use the restroom, she finds out that there's somebody in there, so she refuses to go in there. There are multiple stalls in this restroom, but Mrs. Clinton, in...

I wasn't going to watch the debate and still haven't seen any of it. But I couldn't resist trolling through the #DemDebate Twitter feed and I got enough of a flavor to know I made the right choice. The writer Walter Olson may have made the best comment, as the debate began, with this tweet: "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." -- H.L. Mencken ?#DemDebate?#Cato2016 The Democrats are putting themselves in the strangest of places with regards to the wealthy and the big earners in the country. To enact all of the various things...