Here’s Rush, yesterday, commenting on the Iowa results:

And I’m wondering if whoever the establishment prefers in this — everybody says it’s Rubio. I’m gonna tell you something, folks. I’m a lone wolf on this, but I know everybody is assuming that Marco Rubio is the chosen establishment candidate and they’re doing so on the basis that Rubio has experienced the Gang of Eight and amnesty and so forth, but Marco Rubio I really like. I like Ted Cruz. There are any number of people in this campaign, two or three people, if they win, I’d be happy.
But it doesn’t matter because the establishment does have their candidate, and it looks like it is going to be Rubio. And, as such, Rubio is gonna end up becoming an enemy of several Republican — or many perhaps potential Republican — voters. I just remember the days that Marco Rubio was in the state of Florida, local politics, state politics, and then going national. He was considered, perhaps, one of the greatest potential heirs to Ronald Reagan, and now he’s being derided as a sellout member of the establishment.
I thought his speech last night… He was the first to get out there. He hustled to get out there. As such, it made him look like the winner. He had energy. I thought it was a great speech that Rubio gave last night. It was energetic. I’m not choosing sides on anything here, folks. Nothing’s changed in that regard. Simple observations I share with you as the program unfolds.

Rush’s comments are a necessary corrective to the silly notion that Rubio is some kind of establishment stooge. As I said yesterday, there is a difference between being an establishment candidate and a candidate establishment voters can happily support. And, by the way, we want establishment voters to enthusiastically rally around the GOP nominee.

If the race comes down to Cruz versus Rubio (that’s a big “if” — Rubio has a steep hill to climb, and Donald Trump still has a huge polling lead in New Hampshire and South Carolina), then the GOP will nominate its most conservative presidential candidate since Reagan. The battle with the true establishment candidates is nearly over. Barring a New Hampshire establishment miracle, all that’s left is deciding which insurgent will carry the party’s banner in November. If it’s Rubio or Cruz, then — like Rush Limbaugh — I’ll be “happy” indeed.