[Steely Tom]

I think that Rush is going to be a candidate for President, sooner or later. He won't be able to avoid it. His stock rationalization about "not wanting to take the pay cut" and "you have to do things when you run for political office that leave you beholden to others, and I never want to be in that position" will eventually come to sound like cowardice.

The problem is that Rush is sucking all the philosophical air out of the conservative "room." He can't act as a "kingmaker" for commercial reasons. Sooner or later he's going to be accused by someone or someones prominent of being "all hat and no cattle." Sooner or later the sentiment is going to grow that he's just acting as a critic for big bucks.

Sooner or later, he's going to have to put up or shut up.

[beagleone]

I’m not so sure.
Rush loves being in the role of educator and broadcaster and he enjoys his job.

It’s not his fault that there is a vacuum of charismatic conservative politicians out there.

There is no reason why Rush should have to make the transition from broadcaster to candidate unless that is something he really wants to do.

I think he’d be thrilled to see Jindal or Palin take the initiative and Rush would provide support doing what he does best.

I think Rush would answer the call of duty, but who is in the position to ask him? A grass-roots campaign to put him on the ballot might work.

[sinanju]

Rush always hated it when people told him he had to support the likes of Trent Lott or GWB no matter how they screwed up.

I think he admitted he wasn’t as hard on Bush for signing McCain-Feingold, or Harriet Miers, or “immigration reform” as he should have been.