[ReneeLynn]

I’m just shocked that Rush is so upset over this Newt/Romney thing. Maybe he doesn’t think Romney would be so bad. But, come on, Romney has a huge attack machine that’s been working overtime. He’s moderate to liberal and yet Newt is taking heat from him for this piddly maneuver. Is it just me?

[acsrp38]

I think you are listening to what you think you want to hear and not what he is saying, or you are listening to what you think others are saying about it

[RobinWWJD]

I’m hoping that Rush today is trying to make up for his mistake of yesterday...... He knows that Mitt (if he won) would be a disaster.

Here’s to wishing that Rush will take another look at Newt and recalculate his opinion accordingly.

[upsdriver]

It isn’t just you. Rush comes off as a closet Romney supporter to me. He also seems to really despise Newt for some reason. If he has a favorite candidate, I wish he would just say it.

[joesbucks]

I wonder if Rush's blistering of Newt has more to do with the fact that by going after Romney and his roles at Bain has not only tarnished Romney but also Bain?

Remember, it's Bain that in large part owns Clear Channel that in turn owns Premiere Radio Networks that in turn syndicates Rush's program. Also Rush's program is cleared on many, many Clear Channel owned stations and they may in fact be the largest group that clears Rush's show*. This may be as much about Newt causing collateral damage/black eye to Bain because he went so hard after Romney. There may have been some behind the curtain pressure. *On July 30, 2008, the Clear Channel announced the completion of a merger with an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, Inc., a corporation formed by a private equity group co-led by Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.