[Timber Rattler]

As Silvie will attest, I listen to Mark every day on WMAL DC while driving home from work, and have done so ever since he was first syndicated. So yeah, I know him very well, and the fact is that Mark has a soft spot for the Rube, and challenges him only with kid gloves.

[TomGuy]

only with kid gloves

I have heard numerous radio talkshow hosts go weak-kneed when they have a national name on live to interview. That includes Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Mark Levin.

I haven't heard anything more from Levin about his 1-inch away from dumping the Republican Party. He still lambasts Boehner, McConnell, and other prominent Repubs. He did admit that his 'good friend' Paul Ryan seems to be avoiding him any more.

He, like many conservatives, seem to still be hanging onto the Republican Party, hoping the next election will result in some miraculous reformation within the GOP. [It hasn't happened during the last half-century, however.]