There are also high hopes for Al Franken...
But all that is based on the liberal thesis that Rush is only successful because he's bombastic and entertaining. They are literally incapable of conceiving that it could be his ideas that get people to tune in. Rush HAS to be a loudmouth idiot. Conservatives don't HAVE ideas! Any alternative is not in the liberal worldview.
So, as you say, they will try to field a loudmouth liberal, since of course it's the bombastic style that gets the audience. Right? How can they possibly fail?
This is funny as hell to watch. I can't wait until they actually get one of these guys on the air.