John McCain Wins Without Rush Limbaugh Support

If Senator John McCain makes a strong showing on Super Tuesday, he will most likely win the GOP nomination for President in 2008. If that happens it will be against a flood of criticism from nationwide conservative radio talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh. For extreme right wing conservatives, like Rush Limbaugh, John McCain appears more like a liberal Republican than a conservative. Limbaugh, along with other extreme conservatives started referring to moderate Republicans like Senator McCain as 'RINOS' which stands for 'Republicans In Name Only'. Only a few short years ago, if Rush Limbaugh did not approve of a GOP candidate for President of the United States – it would be difficult for that candidate to win the nomination. However, in 2008, John McCain is proving that a person can win the GOP nomination for President without the support of Rush Limbaugh and conservative talk radio.

What is at the root of this change in voter attitude is not a slam against Rush Limbaugh, but a changing of the guard in the Republican Party. Since the days of Ronald Reagan a strong base of social and fiscal conservatives made up the foundation of the GOP. That said, President Bush and out-of-control Washington spending by a GOP Congress destroyed the fiscal conservative leg of that foundation to a point that the only real foundation left in the GOP is with Evangelical Christians. I do blame Rush Limbaugh for turning a blind eye as Republican Members of Congress went on a spending spree when they were in charge of both the House of Representatives and Senate. Rush Limbaugh was quick to challenge anyone that doubted President Bush's wisdom on the War in Iraq or the Terry Schiavo Law, but sat mainly silent as month after month a GOP controlled Congress spent money that they did not have on pork barrel projects - just like Democrats did before them.

Like most other people, I did not think John McCain had a chance to win the GOP nomination a few months ago because of the out right negative comments against him from conservative talk radio hosts. Rush Limbaugh has never approved of John McCain because of a few stands he has taken on issues like campaign finance reform and illegal immigration. However, with or without the support of legendary radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh – John McCain is the odds on favorite to win the GOP nomination in 2008. That fact is an important one which proves that the GOP is changing from the party of Ronald Reagan and transforming itself into a more moderate group of voters.

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