[Cincinatus' Wife]

Rush said it could be because Newt wouldn’t drop out (and Rick knew he couldn’t win unless that happened). Newt, your ego may have given us Romney, and then 4 more years of Obama. No Republican presidential candidate has won in the last century + against an incumbent except for Ronald Reagan, a CONSERVATIVE.

Rush speculated toward the end of his show that Rick may have felt the others would not join him in a coalition in Tampa. He didn't say what you just wrote.

[Sun]

What was Rush’s exact quote at the end of his show?

I paraphrased it, and I put my own words in parenthesis, as they do in professional articles.

You also paraphrased it, so give us the exact quote, and then get back to us.