I don’t know if Rush is totally responsible for the loss of the Presidency and possibly some Congressional seats, but I remember listening to him several times during the period from the nomination to the election and thinking, “Rush is so critical about McCain that we are going to lose all enthusiasm from the base of the party—and we will lose.”
Whether you like McCain or not, we are now faced with the loss of the Presidency, Congress, and soon we will find more liberals, perhaps raving liberals, on the Supreme Court.
Limbaugh didn’t depress turnout, McCain did. The flyboy part of him showed up during the debates with Romney; the hands-across-the-aisle pol part for those with Obama.