[RawAlex]

Actually, I think it all about rebalancing the system. The "apparent center" based on what was on the air and seen for the most part was very far to the conservative side. Bush was seen when elected as "middle ground" on many of the issues that split democrat and republican, he has moved away from those views just as the center has moved away from him to a more liberal point of view. These newer voices are helping that happen, and a sort of balance is restored.

At the end of the day, the opposing voice can only grow when there is space to grow in, and Bush's policies have made that possible. Rush LImbaughs well known issues of drugs and such have more than likely also hurt him with the marginal listeners as well. There is erosion on all sides on these issues.

The public mood is changing, not sure it if it will change enough to make a big enough difference in November, but I am really starting to feel it.

if it goes too much the other way, well, it will swing back. The closer the President is to that 'apparent middle ground', the hard it is for effective opposing voices to get heard and grow.

Alex