Rush Cracked

[anAustralianobserver]

10. He's just using his usual reverse psychology!

Give cathartic voice to the populist base/Tea Partiers and build some anti-establishment capital - and then spend it 'reluctantly' herding them right back to the establishment candidates.

Part of his technique is to tool the left to react in a way that helps him rebuild his 'conservative' cred each time he expends it!

That's why he burnt Gingrich (even though he may prefer him to Romney) and then when his audience was just about to rebel he started measuredly criticising Romney and cheering on Gingrich a bit etc.

If the establishment had decided to flip to Gingrich or another canditate, Rush would have submissively obliged.

There's also a BDSM factor between him, his sponsors and his audience.