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CHRIS WALLACE (HOST): You have not endorsed a candidate, but you talk very favorably about [Sen.] Ted Cruz [(R-TX)]. In fact, the other day you said he's the closest we're going to come to Ronald Reagan in our lifetimes. Now, I didn't know Ronald Reagan as well as you did, but I did cover him for eight years as president. I've got to say that I felt that Reagan was more inclusive than Cruz is, more about trying to soften the edges to get more people inside the tent.

RUSH LIMBAUGH: I don't think that's strategic. I think you're talking about personalities. I said this on the air the other day, I think Senator Cruz's strategy is, there's four and a half, five million Republicans that didn't vote in 2012. This is the conventional wisdom. And they didn't vote because they didn't like the nominee, wasn't conservative enough, or there was a religious component. Who knows what? Anyway, Senator Cruz thinks that if he can get those voters, that -- and everybody else votes the same way they did in 2012, that he can win in a landslide. So he's tailored his message for a specific conservative evangelical. I think it's limited his appeal. I think he has the ability to appeal to everybody. That debate the other night that you guys did -- I don't mean this to be insulting to anybody, I'm just telling you what I saw -- he was on a different league. He was in a different league, on a different planet. Everybody says "we need substance in these debates," you got it. You got it from Cruz. The other guys are doing what they were doing. At one point, [Donald] Trump even had to say, "Yeah, whatever Ted said, I agree with." He's in a different league. He understands conservatism because he is. And he is a nice guy, he's a likable guy. He's not crazy. He's not nasty and he certainly is -- he's not a liar. He's a down the middle guy that anybody could trust. He has got plenty of integrity. This is what happens in politics. Establishment doesn't like him either. It's not just Trump. And that's because he is who he is. He is conservative. He does want to get government out of people's lives, and that, we can't have that if you're the establishment.

[ghosthost]

yes there is a split between the 61 rich people who own half the world’s wealth and actually want the cheap illegal labor, and the other 359 million of us in the US who don’t benefit from them nor want them around. We don’t fancy getting raped/robbed/killed by 60 IQ savages. I do not wish those 61 people long, happy lives.

[Logical me]

Rush has lost his way. He must feel like a fool when Americans by the millions believe in Trump. Rush is acting like one of the elites. I’m really getting tired of this crap. I’ve lost one hell of respect for Rush.

Trump for President.

[Lopeover]

Republican Party will not be unified if an establishment candidate is brokered at the convention.

The base will not accept it, not even to stop Hillary.

It is the Establishments turn to hold their nose and vote for the grassroots nominee.

[JudyinCanada]

IMHO, this election is NOT Republican vs. Democrat. It’s NOT conservative vs. liberal.

This election is Ruling Class vs. We The People. Both Trump and Cruz are speaking for We The People. It would be unstoppable if they could unite.

[TEXOKIE]

Do you (or anyone here) know if this will air again at 1:00, or will the current news cycle regarding the passing of Nancy Reagan (may she RIP) pre-empt it? If it is pre-empted, is there a way to view the segment of Rush on Chris Wallace?

THANKS!

[TEXOKIE]

LOL! Duh - found the attached link to the utube vid.... (sheepish grin)

[DJ MacWoW]

I've got to say that I felt that Reagan was more inclusive than Cruz is,

Wallace is a liar.

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I don ‘t know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, “We must broaden the base of our party”–when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents.

It was a feeling that there was not a sufficient difference now between the parties that kept a majority of the voters away from the polls. When have we ever advocated a closed-door policy? Who has ever been barred from participating?

Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?

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