Apparently, Palmer and Martha Logan had a much closer relationship and maybe he thought that would be the fastest route to the president.
Caller: "I just had a little comment about 24. I think the ... president looks like a chinless Nixon."
Rush: "Well, maybe so. He might look like a chinless Nixon but that’s where the similarity ends ... [This] president is more like John Kerry. [He] is more like John Kerry would be or any other moderate who simply can’t make up his mind until he finds out what the smart people are gonna do. It was a classic illustration of what we would get if we elected one of these guys to be president."