I DIDN’T HEAR LIMBAUGH TODAY, but reader Doug Hutson emails: “I notice that Rush Limbaugh is concerned that most Republican candidates for POTUS are not true conservatives in that they are for open borders, increased spending, higher taxes, etc. He is saying in his anti- Huckabee monologues that Huckabee is no conservative. He is now adopting your reasoning prior to November 06 that ideas matter more than party. You won!” Well, he wasn’t very happy with my GOP pre-mortem, but it’s held up pretty well. So, for that matter, has this, alas.

UPDATE: In response to a couple of readers, let me be clear: I don’t think that I changed Limbaugh’s mind. I think that events did. After the election, Limbaugh said he felt “liberated” — I think that before that he felt obliged to put the best face on things. Now he doesn’t. And, once he looks at the problem honestly, it’s no surprise to me that he sees a lot of the problems that I saw. That’s not because of me, it’s just because that’s how things are.