[srmorton]

What evidence do you have that Rush's ratings have been sliding? I myself do not listen to the actual show every day because I work, but, if I am in my office or in the car, my radio is ALWAYS tuned to Rush's show. Now that Rush has his website (and I am a 24-7 member), you can listen to the entire show online or via pod cast. I also get an email every day highlighting the show with links to the website if I want to hear any part of it again.

You are deluding yourself if you think that his popularity depends on who is POTUS. His show is always entertaining and informative - even when he is not there and a substitute is covering for him. We LOVE Rush, but we love his CONSERVATIVE ideas more! BTW, I am a well-educated fifty-something woman who has been teaching in a community college for over 25 years.

[Tempest]

Actually radio ratings are fore casted just like television ratings. It was very apparent that Rush's show was stagnating later during GWB’s presidency. It wasn't getting the kind of fantastic audiences that it had when Clinton was in office mucking things up. Because it lacked the the kind of controversy in which rush could talk about.

Zero is so fantastically stupid that he's granting Rush his wet dream. A full on mainstream national stage. Zero is trying to portray Rush as some mega-villan but he's too stupid to realize that Rush is a radio personality and doesn't hold the responsibilities that an elected official does.

Rush doesn't need to play by the same rules and the sooner he makes that separation clear the more ammo he'll have to crush and humiliate Zero with.

But yes this is for rating and just as the article points out it's worked. Read my post #47 if you want I simply don't feel like explaining yet again how this simply benefits Rush and this feigned shock and melodrama is rather transparent.