Here, yesterday:
"That's why we're losing, 'cause we keep nominating moderates. You know, Mitt Romney is one of the most decent men ever to run for the presidency in my lifetime, and probably in many people's lifetimes, a totally decent guy. But four million Republicans didn't vote in 2012. Four million fewer than did in 2008. The Republican conservative base stayed home. Had they voted, we wouldn't be talking about Obama's second term. There wouldn't be one."
Why blame conservatives for not voting for liberals, Rush?
The margin of victory wasn't 4 million. McCain lost the election in the swing states, by 1.4 million votes. Romney cut that in half, losing by 770,000 votes.
If anyone is to blame, it's the libertarians, the followers of Ron Paul and Sean Hannity, who were not on board, not the conservatives. And we haven't heard one conservative pundit say so yet even though libertarians were responsible for big losses for Republicans in Senate and House races in 2012.
