Republican's Can't Be Serious...

You know, originally it seemed like the only thing to do was ignore Rush Limbaugh and this obsession of rear end kissing from elected Republican officials. Now we've reached essentially an entire week of media coverage of it on all three cable networks and endless articles. The two questions I keep coming back to are: What else would anyone expect Rush to say? Why can't Republicans have a substantive debate over the policies being put forth by President Obama? It isn't that their haven't been any Republican's offering different idea's or trying to be substantive, it's that the ones who have aren't getting themselves on TV and aren't quieting the people who are more than happy to talk about Mr. Limbaugh.

Mr. Limbaugh has been a respected conservative voice for 15 years but he's never wanted to be a Republican -meaning he's never wanted to be an elected official. He may have influence over voters minds and probably too much influence with Congressional Republicans but he in no way brings Republican's closer to being the majority party if for no other reason than independent’s and moderates don't like him. The base, when having to choose between President Obama and a Republican candidate, is still going to vote for the Republican.

The other key point is that even with a good amount of American's upset and unhappy with all of this spending; allowing Mr. Limbaugh to be the topic doesn't give the US public an alternative. So while this Op-Ed by Paul Ryan, Ranking Republican of the House Budget Committee and this alternative broad, although a bit lacking in details, plan on The Heritage Foundation go unnoticed, at least Republican's are talking up Mr. Limbaugh.