Actually Rush favored Thompson above all (only conservative on the platform at last nights debate comment), and I never heard him be enthusiastic about Rudy, that was Hannity who loved him. As far a Mitt Rush only spoke favorably about him after it was down to McCain and Mitt.
Rush favored Thompson just before the South Carolina primary to help knock out Huckabee and pave the way for a Romney McCain showdown for super tuesday. It didn’t work out that way though. Before that, Rush usually ignored Thompson and favored Romney.
Huckabee was a conservative Freeper until he ran against Romney...