[perfect_rovian_storm]

Give it up. Rush threw in the towel today. He tried, but after the Palin endorsement, he knows he can’t drag Cruz across the finish line. It’s over.

[Citizen Zed]

I think Palin is doing a favor for McCain by imploding the Trump campaign. That way the GOP elite can get their man Rubio in.

[Resolute Conservative]

I think so too. We will see what comes out in the wash now. My guess is the tough talk will fade just like all of them do and we get nothing but the same o same o.

[CottonBall]

“Give it up. Rush threw in the towel today. He tried, but after the Palin endorsement, he knows he can’t drag Cruz across the finish line. It’s over.”

I agree. Rush tried to explain it, but missed several key facts. Cruz’s conservatism is not pure. I trust Trump more in illegal immigration than Cruz, who has dealt out teddy bears, been for legal status, been against prop 187, been silent - and now has followed in Trump’s footsteps.

[joesbucks]

He is slowly coming to the realization that what he's been preaching about people to the right of center are not orthodox conservatives. They are populists.

What he will have to come to grips with is if he's dismayed Trump has hung on this long and may capture the republican nomination, that he bears a lot of the responsibility for not calling Trump a populist. It was fun while Trump kept Bush, Christy and others from achieving the nomination. But I think he's realizing the fun is ending and there's now a reality to be dealt with.