[Ichneumon]

If you go on the air and present people with a more realistic, factual and logical side of politics

One of the biggest reasons I listen to Limbaugh is that he's absolutely one of the best political analysts out there. He has better insights into the political maneuvers and motivations of both the Democrats *and* the Republicans than any of the "official" political pundits.

He's also got a better track record of predicting how the public tide will turn in reaction to various political moves, and how one political group will respond to the other when they do something.

I'd still listen to him for that reason alone even if the hilarious skits, songs, and satire were to disappear from his show.

He's also something that no liberal talk host will ever likely be -- optimistic, upbeat, and an unashamed believer in America.

[lewislynn]

One of the biggest reasons I listen to Limbaugh is that he's absolutely one of the best political analysts out there. He has better insights into the political maneuvers and motivations of both the Democrats *and* the Republicans than any of the "official" political pundits.

I feel the same. In fact I could do without the callers. I mentally tune in to the monologues and tune out the rest on all the talk shows....Hannity and Medved are tuned out completely.

[Dark Knight]

I don't think I saw the real reason why a liberal talk show will fail. They have this strange idea that you can just put a talk show together and it will happen. ALL the current top talk shows have hosts that have spent years in training for the big time. YEARS. Liberals and demoncrats want to have a show NOW. No real prep time, no real training. We want it now!

Limbaugh, Hannity, Leykis, and Stern did not just wake up and say, "Gosh, I want to be a top rated talk show host." They put in years before it happened. They also are very attuned to their audience. You can't train someone on that in 5 minutes, it takes years. That's why Hightower, Cuomo et. al. failed. They were not radio.

DK