So Rush is going wobbly now? Of course Romney doesn’t mean a word of it...his campaign chief admitted as much this morning.
No, Rush always “pivots” to the GOP-E candidate as the nomination draws closer. I pointed that out over a month ago and predicted he would do this.
Rush is primarily a fiscal conservative. How often do you hear Rush extol the importance of the 2nd Amendment??? Barely at all and only in “offhand” tangential remarks. Rush talks profusely and in depth about sports far more than he even mentions the 2nd Amendment in passing. Most of his Constitutional commentary is limited to freedom of speech and/or political issues that relate to free market Capitalism.
Rush is about business and “the bottom line.” That's what he does and he's does it well! ...and that's not intended as a “slam;” it just “is what it is,” nothing more and nothing less.
My guess is that Rush will start to give more favorable treatment to Romney from here on out and we will hear less and less glowing commentary about Santorum. Of course Rush never gave much positive acclaim to Newt at any time and already barely mentions him. That will be how he treats Newt from here on out unless Newt somehow manages to regain momentum; in which case Rush will attempt to blunt that.
Rush's job from here on out will be to round up all the “strays” and head them back to the GOP-E corral; because the polls indicate that more and more Republicans believe that Romney is the best candidate to beat Obama; which they believe will be good for business; which Rush believes will be good for him.
Of course I, and most on FR, disagree w/the meme about the electability of Romney; never-the-less, a significant percentage of the Conservative base remains split on who they can support; hence the deadlock remains between Rick and Newt.
On the positive side, there is still some hope that Rick and Newt can somehow agree to partner together to stop Romney. We shall see.