Finny, I just woke up thinking about this post of yours from yesterday, and wondering something bizarre. Is there any possibility, do you suppose, that the reason Rush was mum about Palin's decision might be because he knows how she will become as irrelevant as HE is (exactly as you say) and maybe, just maybe, he, himself, would consider, or may be considering, a run?
Wouldn't THAT be a gob-smacker?
Personally, I think Rush didn't say anything about Palin until many days after her announcement, and then only after a caller had poked him, because he was ANGRY. At what, I'm not sure -- at Palin supporters for hoping so ardently that she'd get in the race, or at Palin for bowing out, I don't know.
Yeah, yeah, I know that folks who never liked Palin (and who were gratified by Rush's silence) insist that Rush had been saying he didn't think she was going to run and that therefore her annoucement was a "non event," but that is hokum. Christie announced he wasn't going to run, and Rush spent quite a lot of time talking about it. That he chose to ignore Palin's annoucement was his petty way of sending a message, and to me, that message was ANGER. At what, I'm not sure, but that it was pure anger, I am certain.