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RUSH: Obama said yesterday, "This election will be a test of the model that got us here." I don't know what that means. I don't think that makes any sense at all. I think they put it on the prompter or they put it on his notes and he goes out there and says this stuff. "This election will be a test of the model that got us here"? Now, I know what he's trying to say. He's got this notion that this is a campaign of the continuation of Bush, which is "what got us here." The Bush tax...

Two arrested during DNC protest march in Charlotteby Ryan Sullivan, updated on: 08:47am, September 3, 2012 **SNIP** According to WSOC, 23-year-old Anna Marie Wright had a knife and was wearing a mask when she was arrested at the corner of 4th and College Street. Chris Wright Stephens, 22, was arrested on South College Street and charged with disorderly conduct, assault on a government official, and resisting arrest. WSOC reports Stephens was not a protester, but a bystander.

The official theme of the GOP convention Wednesday night was "We Can Change That," but that didn’t stop several of the speakers from revisiting Tuesday’s theme, the base-rallying battle cry: “We Built It.” The message: The righteous exploitation of President Obama’s “You Didn’t Build That” gaffe isn’t going away. Ever since the president stood before a crowd of supporters in Roanoke, Va., on July 13 and, while explaining why the wealthy should pay more in taxes, uttered the infamous words “If you've got a business—you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen,” conservatives have hammered him for his disregard...