“Rush and the conservative punditry picked the wrong horse. They decided to make a conservative savior out of a flip-flopping Massachusetts liberal while tar and feathering a far more conservative candidate in Mike Huckabee.”
This is complete nonsense. Rush and all picked no one for months, and merely discussed the positions of various candidates. Then, they began to speak favorably of Fred (remember him?) for weeks until he dropped out. Only then did they begin to speak most favorably of Romney, and a few days before Super Tuesday, several said they would vote for him.
They spoke favorably of Romney for a couple of weeks or less. They hardly pick him as their candidate, but settled on him the final week or so before Super Tuesday.
Huckabee could most accurately be described as a Christian Socialist, hardly a conservative.
Remember, illegal immigrants are our chance to make up for slavery?
Yeah, he attacked Huckabee's record while giving Romney a free pass on his record, lies and flip-flops. So, you know very well that he was helping Romney.
Further, Hannity, Coulter, Ingraham and NRO all did support Romney.
It was despicable attempt to create a test-tube candidate out of a liberal, NE governor and manipulate that race.