Clear it with Rush

I heard Rush Limbaugh talk in his first hour today about the details of the Boehner plan. I was in the car returning from the gym, and I just assumed I'd missed the release of the plan earlier.

But no. Limbaugh indeed got the scoop.

It's worth noting that for all the conservative obsession with the dreaded Mainstream Media, it is really the Republican party that is far more in thrall to its pet media organizations. A Democratic plan proposal can survive the disapproval of the New York Times. But Rush Limbaugh has veto power over the GOP as now constituted.

It's incredible, it's self-defeating, it's absurd ... but it's the way it is.