Jonathan Martin, Politico
Top Democrats believe they have struck political gold by depicting Rush Limbaugh as the new face of the Republican Party, a full-scale effort first hatched by some of the most familiar names in politics and now being guided in part from inside the White House.
The strategy took shape after Democratic strategists Stanley Greenberg and James Carville included Limbaugh’s name in an October poll and learned their longtime tormentor was deeply unpopular with many Americans, especially younger voters. Then the conservative talk-radio host emerged as an unapologetic critic of Barack Obama shortly before his inauguration, when even many Republicans were showering him with praise.
Soon it clicked: Democrats realized they could roll out a new GOP bogeyman for the post-Bush era by turning to an old one in Limbaugh, a polarizing figure since he rose to prominence in the 1990s.
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As The Manchurian Muslim Pres Obama Rope-A-Dope Spin Speeches To Grammer Schools Children And Several Back Yard Speeches His Brains Are Telling Him That Rush Limbaugh Is His Enemy, Duh, What A Pair Carville And Greenberg, Famous Quote Carville"You Better Get Down Here Were Dying, Yikeess The Spill, Wait Till Nov 2nd You Obama Zombies, Yippee, God Bless Rush Limbaugh And Sarah Palin, The Rest Of The Story Impeach Obama And Sell Nancys Jet Nov 3rd, Yippee.
Why don’t you guys do a poll and put in Alan Colmes’ name or any of the other lefties and see what happens. Probably not much because NOBODY BOTHERS TO LISTEN TO THEM. If they did, they’d be as popular as Limbaugh.