Rush Limbaugh: Why Republicans Lost

"Republicans took a beating on Election Day because they abandoned their conservative principles and in the end stood for nothing, Rush Limbaugh says."

"Liberalism didn’t win anything yesterday; Republicanism lost. Conservatism was nowhere to be found except on the Democratic side.

The root of the problem, Rush said, is that 'our side hungers for ideological leadership and we’re not getting it from the top. Conservatism was nowhere to be found in this campaign from the top. The Democrats beat something with nothing. They didn’t have to take a stand on anything other than their usual anti-war positions. They had no clear agenda and they didn’t dare offer one. Liberalism will still lose every time it’s offered.'

Republicans, Rush said, allowed themselves to be defined. 'Without elected conservative leadership from the top Republicans in the House and Senate republicans are free to freelance and say the hell with party unity.' ”