Well maybe the people who want to claim Rush is irrelevent should look at who nominated McCain. McCain won with Independents and “Moderates” he lost 2-1 over those who describled themselves as “Conservative” or Republican. So McCain won on non party member votes. The only reason he got the nod was the Conservative split there vote too many other ways thus letting a minority canidate like McCain win.
Conservatives need to make sure that EVERY Veep choice is a conservative . . . every time . . . scream bloody murder for it . . . whether the candidate is conservative or moderate. Bush I, and a dead in the water as far as future prospects Dan Quayle gave us 20 straight years of RINO candidates. Just picture what would have happened if Quayle had been an articulate conservative (that candidate or his Veep choice would have potentially been the been the leader in ‘96 and/or ‘00 . . . and no Bush). Better yet, picture a conservative Veep being elected as a follow up to Reagan. A real revolution.