His carpet-bombing of John McCain as a closet liberal an assault unremarked on by the mainstream media is widely credited with ensuring George W. Bush's South Carolina primary victory. Dr. Laura draws 14.25 million listeners per week, placing her a close second to Rush. That conflation is understandable, because they seem the Ozzie and Harriet of conservative radio. Both are bombastic. And both are most appealing for their absolute certitude.
Nothing shakes their conviction that right is right and that left is evil.
He's a professional, and she's not. He is detested by too many people dittoheads are a tiny minority. He couldn't keep his politics off the gridiron. Such skepticism underestimates Limbaugh. Limbaugh has smoothed his rough edges.