Limbaugh has been the face of one part of the Republican Party for a very long time. Virtually every ultra-conservative in the nation tunes into his show every day to get a daily fix of demagogy and brain detergent. Many other Republicans have turned away from the ultra-conservative message after the failures of the Bush/Cheney administrations and the pathetic candidacy of superannuated John McCain. The economic meltdown the nation is currently experiencing also has brought some Republicans to consider the utter foolishness of supply-side, voodoo economic policies foisted upon the nation by the Reagan, Bush the Elder and Bush the Shrub. They did not work, could not work and have resulted in severe recessions following the terms of each of the three Republicans: 1987-88, 200-2001 and the financial chasm we face today.

So, yes, moderate Republicans have moved away from the extremist views of the Republican Party, while Limbaugh and the other loons rave on. Therefore, Limbaugh makes as good an example of Republican values and policies as anybody else these days.