Rush Knows he got punked. The trick now is to make Repubs either agree or disagree with Steele...

[Dr Fate]

I'll bet Rush is going to try to ignore this from here on out.

He is just one guy in a room with a mic-he does no interviews, so this is a good strategy for him.

Rush can hide, but congressmen cannot. It's too late to deny that Rush is not a "leadership" figure. Steele and Jindal have clearly stated it. The issue is wheither the congressman AGREES witht heis "leader" or not.

Maybe this needs to be about the RNC vs. the "GOP Rush dissenters" or what have you...

Shouldnt every single Republican be asked by DEM pundits whether the RNC is correct as to their offical position on Rush's "leadership"?

I think the American people deserve to know whether individual congressmen agrees with the "leadership" that Rush holds over them. I'd love to know where they agree with Rush, and exactly where they disagree with Rush. I'd love to hear them asked in advance whether they will ever feel the need to apologize to Rush.

This ammo is too good to stop now- and I think DEM pundits need to keep milking this. Even if you cant get Rush to take anymore bait- you can still force more GOPers to either agree with or play Judas to the RNC and their boy.

Oh my! DEMS confronting the bad guys- so nice to see it.

[camera obscura]

1. I don't think Rush's ego will let him ignore this.

[Dr Fate]

5. Rush declared today that Steele's acknowledgment was "yesterday's news."

Rush just figured out that he got punked.

I doubt Rush will be talking about this anymore-unless we can make this a bigger story.

The next move is make Steele and other Repubs clarify, spefically and exactly what Rush's RNC acknowledged "leadership" entails. OR- to disagree that their is a leadership role.

A win-win for us either way.

[louis-t]

2. Rush knows he has more power behind the mic

than he ever would as a party leader.

[Dr Fate]

6. Too late. The RNC, Steele & Jindal already handed Rush the leadership role.

Rush has a "leadership" role. Thier characterization, not Obama's.

[babylonsister]

3. Great in theory but no rethug that I can see is talking. I mean,

for once in their stinkin' lives, they're mum. Even Cantor lost his tongue and is trying to shift the conversation:

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/cantor-declines-to-reiterate-criticism-of-rush.php?ref=fp1

Cantor Declines To Reiterate Criticism Of Rush
By Eric Kleefeld - March 3, 2009, 2:35PM


So is House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) going to criticize Rush Limbaugh, or not?

Earlier today, Rush told Greg Sargent that Cantor's comments on ABC's This Week, saying that neither he nor other Republicans want President Obama to fail, was in fact in agreement with Rush on the policy issues, and had been distorted by ABC.

So we asked Cantor's office for clarification -- and they're not giving a real answer to it.

Instead, Cantor press secretary Brad Dayspring is daring the Democrats to go talk to Rush themselves:

If Robert Gibbs is worried about the policies Rush Limbaugh talks about on his show, he should call into the show- I'm sure Rush would welcome it. In the meantime, if Mr. Gibbs and the Administration want to focus on creating jobs and helping the Middle Class deal with an economy in recession, they should call Eric Cantor and work with us on the these very real problems.

After seeing what happened to Michael Steele, who can blame Cantor for not wanting to be caught criticizing the great leader?

[Dr Fate]

7. Adoptive admission by silence is fine by me. All it takes is to point it out.

That is why DEM talking heads need to stay on this.

Repubs can plead the 5th all they want- everyone who grew up watching the tube knows you dont plead the 5th or strain to change the subject unless you are hiding something.

Denying or refusing to talk about Rush will just make things look that much stranger and apparent.

Moderate watching the tube thinks to himself: "Why are they afraid to talk about this Rush guy, why cant they just say that they disagree with him and that he is not their leader?"

LOL! DEMS "worried" about Rush?

5 second response: "DEMS worried? DEMS are not the ones kissing his ring, apologizing and calling him their "leader".

Also, my suggestion was to make this about either agreeing or disagreeing with Steele/RNC as to Rush's leadership role. We are "worried" about the RNC's declaration of Rush' devisive leadership- not worried about going on his show.

[myrna minx]

9. Ha. Rush is now "Dear Leader" for the Republicans. n/t

[Wapsie B]

4. I've got the beer chilled and ready to pop some popcorn.

This is a great spectator sport, the destruction of the gop from within.

:popcorn:

[cwcwmack]

8. lol..

pubs are in a pickle...

hahahhaha...

He who must not be named has 20-25 million participants.

20-22 million robots who punched R last Nov. That's like 40% of all the votes McOld/Failin received.

There IS NO ignoring Jabba the Hut. He IS their centerpiece, like it or not. They go his direction or He who must not be named cleaves the party in 2 and they're out of power for 25 years.

Please understand... if Sean Zombie and Jabba formed their own con party, it'd have 25+ million members on day 1...

They are out of power, they have nothing to defend... "Night of the Long Knives is coming..." they will eject the impure and enjoy their 35% status as the permanent minority.

[Dr Fate]

10. Correction: Pubs are only in a pickle if we keep them in the barrel.

Rush can make this go away simply be ignoring the bait- UNLESS DEMS make this about Steele's acknowledgment.

Elected & high profile Repubs cant hide- they have to go on TV.

They can either ignore confrontation over this or engage- as long as it is on camera, we win either way, no matter how they answer the question.

If they agree that Rush is wrong, we win. If they otherwise admit it so many words, we win.

At least that is how I see it.