Rush's Early Favorite in 2008...

George Allen.

Rush says he hopes the Republican nomination doesn't go to McCain. Why? Rush: "I don't think he's conservative, pure and simple."

Andrew Sullivan wonders: "McCain, who's a strong supporter of the war on terror, against the Medicare drug disaster, pro-life, pro-tax cuts, and in favor of amending Arizona's constitution to bar gay couples from legal protections, is not, apparently, a 'conservative.' How far right can the goal-posts go?"

As Jeffrey Hart, professor emeritus at Dartmouth and a former speechwriter for Reagan and Nixon, explains here, it may be the current administration that's not conservative.