Politicians always choose the easy target. Reid cannot lose. The people who are offended by Limbaugh's existence will feel positively disposed to anybody taking a shot at him. The people positively disposed toward Limbaugh already hate Reid and believe that he, like all Liberals, is dishonest.

Reid feeds the base and alienates those who hate him anyway. Win/Win.

Same with Limbaugh.

Anytime he can get the Democrats in Congress to say ugly things, he wins as people rally to him and conjoin in an orgy of leftward venom-spitting. His ratings go up, he makes money and it does his causes no harm.

They've been ardently playing this theatrical set-piece since the early 1990's. It still works.

More Bread! More Circuses!

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