Obama IS progressive, and he will most likely be re-elected. Welcome to reality.

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260. i just want to point out a couple of factors.

in most parts of the country there are no free alternatives for politics while driving or working. there's a RW radio soapbox in every pickup. if you want current events/politics before going home after a hard days work to fight over the remote control, in most parts of the country with small populations and way too many senators that's it. it is also likely some of the loudest of those stations broadcast college sports or pro. and weather, traffic, emergency, etc. 1000 + of those stations reaching 50 mil a week. well coordinated and fed from national think tanks on national AND local issues and candidates. nearly all full time dedicated to global warming denial and ongoing ridicule and attack of all thing liberal. the national blowhards especially are very insulated from challenge by call screeners with sophisticated screening software that also allows them to move 'special' callers to the top of the line to prompt, fawn, and inject rumors. nothing madison avenue has can create a national or local political buzz as easily or quickly. there is no written record of the effects of 20 years of all this coordinated unchallenged repetition except that (for some reason) moderates have been pushed out of the GOP and democracy doesn't seem to work anymore. the feedback mechanisms don't work because they have the unchallenged volume and repetition to yell over anything they want.

as far as limbaugh goes, he is the most powerful guy in the GOP. he can destroy any GOP candidate or defend them (like cain). media wondered how cain could continue his popularity- limbaugh lead the defense, attacking his accusers most of that time. the GOP cannot admit man made global warming because they would be calling limbaugh a liar. his ranting for nearly an entire week essentially created the east anglia 'climate-gate' event. he spent months assuring the teabaggers that republicans could benefit by not raising the debt ceiling, while the MSM wondered what could possibly be causing such irrational behavior from the teabaggers. team limbaugh's 20 years of ridicule and lies about canadian and euro commie health care made single payer defeat a foregone conclusion.

US political history the last 20 years is full of progressive losses that can be attributed directly to the ignored radio monopoly. there is no other medium capable of that kind of unchallenged widespread repetition.