March 05, 2008

The Limbaugh Effect

Did Rush Limbaugh win Texas for Clinton? Dave Weigel crunches the numbers and finds that he quite possibly did. Hilarious.

5 Mar 2008 17:13:52 | 2008, Clinton, Conservatives

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