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I think the big problem is that we ended up with a weak field of candidates to start with, and to some extent, I do blame talk radio for this, particularly Rush. I pretty much tapered off on listening to him because it was all Hillary, all the time; or all some other Dem, all the time.

I think if a little more analysis had been given to possible future hopes for the GOP, we’d have had a stronger set to pick from. But Rush became entranced with his own analysis of the Dems (when he wasn’t talking about himself or his golf game), and I think he really wandered from conservative positions, or at any rate, took the focus off them. And this is the result.

I think if a little more analysis had been given to possible future hopes for the GOP, we’d have had a stronger set to pick from.

How in this great wide world would "more analysis" have provided the Republicans with a "stronger set" to pick from?

If a man doesn't have fire in the belly to run for US President, all the "analysis" in the world is not gonna heat his belly up one degree.

Methinks you are looking at things bass-ackwards.

A good candidate is one who, through lifelong experience, has developed the fortitude and expertise and DESIRE to run for President.

One doesn't suddenly 'get' fortitude and character simply because Limbaugh or anyone speaks in pleasing tones.

I think if a little more analysis had been given to possible future hopes for the GOP, we’d have had a stronger set to pick from. But Rush became entranced with his own analysis of the Dems (when he wasn’t talking about himself or his golf game), and I think he really wandered from conservative positions, or at any rate, took the focus off them. And this is the result.

Oh...please. Now Rush is guilty of the poor field of candidates because he DIDN'T analyse the future of the GOP? Rush's point of concern IS the future of the GOP. Refinements can be made but you can't give up on a law and order issue like illegal immigration and expect people to be serious about other law and order issues. Or pony up to a cap of all economic activity in the pursuit of a "cure" for global warming.

The fact is Rush has been joking and jiving about McCain since 2000 when McCain really hit the big time. He has had of course multiple occasions to take on McCain's "maverick" stances and he has done so in commentary and musical parody. And it's not just the past but the way McCain has acted - in concert with Huckabee - in the last month against Romney.

Rush is not responsible for the education of voters. Such a silly premise really.