Morning Update: Fiscal Cliff

Obama is demanding $1.6 trillion in “new revenues.” “New revenues” is the new Democrat term for the old Democrat M.O.: tax increases.

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Romney Believes in Baracka Claus, Jindal Doesn't...Jesse Jackson Jr. Won't Resign Without Disability Pay... Jill Kelley Story Gets Crazier... The Ding Dong People May Shut Down... Restaurants Revolt Over Obamacare... Israel Under Attack Again... Christie: Taxes Will Go Up...Boston Globe: Paula Broadwell Fell Short of Aims at Harvard...

The Long Game to Recapture the Country

RUSH: We have to do what the left did.  And I don't know how yet.  But we are going to have to recapture the public education of this country, because that, folks, is where decent, honorable, really good, normal people like Mitt Romney end up being thought of as despicable human beings.

The Trashing of Paula Broadwell

RUSH: What this is about is a female infobabe on CNN trashing Broadwell? And another woman, Allison Yarrow, she is all angry at society for looking at Broadwell this way.

Barack Obama Saved New York

CUOMO:  Mr. President, thank you to you, because you have exemplified the spirit of partnership and the spirit of community.  I was personally amazed and touched by your phone calls and attention. Even during times that were very, very busy, you were there for us.  You were there for New York, and we thank you, Mr. President.