I think McCain proved that you DO need the conservative base. He had to bring in Sarah, but even that wasn’t enough to put him over the top with Conservatives. And we get Obama, because of no or low conservative base appeal.
Rush’s posing the question of why Hamas is rocketing Israel from Gaza reminds me of the fable of the frog and the scorpion, the punchline being, it’s in the scorpion’s nature.
My mistake. I really didn’t think that needed a sarcasm tag.