Much like this time Rush told us a government shutdown would rally voters behind Republicans in 1995, and at first it was polling close to 50-50 to each side, but by the third week voters were blaming Republicans and Newt did a total surrender to Clinton, Blame it on the MSM, blame it on Newt's idiotic statements to the MSM, blame it on evil Clinton who was an expert actor and played it up, and blame it on scared congressional Republicans just as Rush did afterward, and it doesnt matter if that was true, Newt was forced to give in under pressure by his own caucus and sent Clinton a budget with all the spending he demanded.
This is one reason why liberals on MSNBC wanted a standoff (where checks are not sent out _) so bad, and Boehner and McConnell were scared of one.
Sounds to me like Rush had too much faith in the conservative base who didn't live up to his expectations. So why should he be faulted for that?
So who you want in your locker room at halftime, the coach who tells you you're only down 21 points and tries to motivate you or the coach in the locker room who says you're down 21 points so just do what you can to stop them from scoring more?
That's all Rush is, a political motivator..........If Republicans and so called conservatives don't live up to his expectations then it's no fault of his own.........