>>>> to hear Rush and Mark Levin slam the potential candidacies of Mitch Daniels and/or Chris Christie makes me sick. >>>>
Your analogy misses the point of what Rush and Levin are doing and the point of the article and what 2012 looks like. Rush and Levin want to avoid another McCain nomination, but you can guarantee that both will support any Republican against Obama. Just like they did with McCain - very unhappily — but they did it. Just as the article suggests.
Besides, the article is assuming a conservative candidate and the need for moderates to support him (or her) — NOT vise versa.
We should ask the moderates a point-blank question:
We (conservatives) have held our noses to vote for your guys for decades. Why can’t we ask the same of you?