It's been an interesting yet disgusting phenomenon. I'm talking about the way that the typical conservative talking heads have turned on Mike Huckabee. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Lara Ingraham and (ugh) Ann Coulter either attacked the Governor, or dismissed him outright.
He's been called a populist; he's been called a homosexual-lover; he's been the subject of a Sean Hannity grilling and a Rush Limbaugh monologue. He's taken a lot of flak from typical conservatives because as largely secular thinkers, they don't understand his Christian worldview. He's taken hits from the wise guys because they don't want to understand pragmatic governing. And he's taken hits from the talkers because he is truely his own kind of Republican. And none of them is quite sure what to do with it.
Except for Coulter, they'll all be back. Watch and see.
They'll be back, first of all because they'll want to back the Republican nominee for President, and I still think it will be Mike Huckabee. None of these guys want an Obama or Clinton presidency. And they will all sing the praises of Mike Huckabee because they will want to defeat the Democratic nominee. These talkers are by and large mouthpieces for the Republican party, and they will flock to the nominee whoever he is. I think it will be Mike Huckabee.
Secondly, they will be back because the are loosing audience. I don't have hard numbers to back this assertion. But I've been a listener to a lot of these pundits for a while, and when they went after Mike, they lost me. I have been very disappointed in their treatment of the Governor and his record. Turning a long-time fan into a disappointed and angry listener is not the way to build audience numbers. And I know I'm not the only one. These guys will have to get their audience back, or someone else will get it from them.
The talkers will be back.
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I do believe that Rush is losing some audience due to his Huckabee bashing. There has been a lot of talk on Huckabee's blog from angry and disillusioned Rush and Sean fans, so there is a backlash.
I noticed this week that Rush has been interjecting advertising in his monologues, such as turning a funeral service for his mom's best friend into an advertisement for a tankless water heating system.
He did the same thing with an Allen Brothers steak advertisement.
This has to be because of some loss of audience, which is affecting his ability to get his normal advertising revenue.
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