[ambrose]

Rush should have been cultivating a *regular* guest host for his audience, as Carson had with Joan Rivers and Leno. Someone the audience actually looks forward to when Rush is away. I guess he used to have that with Sean Hannity.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

I was wracking my brain trying to think of somebody appropriate that wasn't already tied up. I suppose he could try Coulter, but she comes across terribly on the radio, and has a little problem with self restraint if there isn't a camera or a live audience. He could maybe try a pol - Gingrich would probably be a lot of fun.