New Labor Radio Ad Beats Up on Rush

(NEWSER) - Rush Limbaugh thrilled an overflow crowd of conservatives in Washington, DC, tonight by urging them to "take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate." Following speeches by Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, and Ann Coulter at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Limbaugh surprised attendees by praising President Obama, but attacked the "rampant government growth" of his stimulus plan, Fox News reports. More»

Conservative group launches $1M ad to slam government spending

(NEWSER) - A conservative group has brought Jesus into the fray over the stimulus package, Politico reports. An anti-stimulus ad from the American Issues Project set to start airing today flashes a picture of the three wise men on the screen and asks viewers to imagine spending "$1 million every single day starting from the day Jesus was born" to illustrate the size of spending in the package. More»

(NEWSER) - A liberal group is launching an ad blitz tomorrow that pressures GOP senators to make a choice—Barack Obama or Rush Limbaugh, Politico reports. The ad—running in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Nevada—blasts House Republicans for voting against the stimulus package at Limbaugh's urging and asks, "Will our senator side with Limbaugh, too?" The talk show host criticized the ad as intimidation and urged senators not to waffle. More»

Obama can spend his 54% of popular vote on infrastructure, pork, and I'll cut taxes

(NEWSER) - Rush Limbaugh doesn’t like Barack Obama’s $900 billion stimulus plan, and he’s betting the 46% of the country that voted for John McCain don’t either. But don’t worry, Rush has a plan. “Under the Obama-Limbaugh Stimulus Plan of 2009,” he writes in the Wall Street Journal, 54% “will be spent on infrastructure and pork as defined by Mr. Obama and the Democrats; 46% will be directed towards tax cuts, as determined by me.” More»