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Rush Limbaugh chalks up the bad beating that liberals have been taking in recent years to a lack of proficiency in the art of argumentation.

Rush has certainly said that the liberals have not had to debate because of their media monopoly - and now that they don't have a monopoly and do have to debate, they don't know how to.
That is true - but it doesn't mean that in fact there actually are sound arguments for liberal positions which the liberals are failing to forward. The reality, IMHO, is that liberal politicians merely advance political positions which flow from the perspective of mass market journalism. And the perspective of mass market journalism is that mass market journalism is the font of wisdom and objectivity.
The implication of that is simply that there is no bottom line apart from how what you say sounds on TV and looks in print. But let the media monopoly falter, and let talk radio, the internet, and FNC shine some light on the bottom line rather than simply going along to get along with the MSM, and dedication to the perspective of "objective" journalism no longer is enough. All of a sudden good intentions are not enough, and you need policies which are based in reality and promote a good bottom line. And liberals simply are at sea when they are held to account for results rather than only for their professed intentions.