# So, is Rush the leader of the GOP?

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**Created:** [March 3, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-rush-the-leader-of-the-gop/488157 "2009-03-03T16:54:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-rush-the-leader-of-the-gop/488157/121 "2009-03-09T23:15:27Z")

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Okay, that is weird. Why does Rasmussen summarize their own data differently than the data says?

Anyway “no clear leader” and “not sure” still lead by leaps and bounds.

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**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-rush-the-leader-of-the-gop/488157/122 "2009-03-10T01:05:09Z")

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And for the next round: [Rush vs. Newt](http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/03/09/rush_newt/index.html).

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-rush-the-leader-of-the-gop/488157/123 "2009-03-10T04:39:00Z")

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> [@astro](#):
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> One thing that some people in this thread are forgetting is that however objectionable you find Rush Limbaugh, personally or professionally he is effective at speaking to (and speaking for) a large segment of the disaffected conservatives. Limbaugh was not a huge fan of Bush’s big government and economic policies and held his nose while supporting many of the Administration’s polices over the past 8 years.

That APPARENTLY describes most of the Republican leadership, elected and otherwise, over the last eight years. They were ALL (they say) holding their noses while marching in lockstep.

I hope Republicans will not be surprised if people remember that they were marching in lockstep and not that they were holding their noses.

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