In an interesting PJM piece, Adam Graham observes that "the war on Rush is a proxy war on movement conservatives," and I agree. It's a proxy war against all conservative opposition to Barack Obama, and I say this as a non-fan of Limbaugh.

I also think that the war against the Tea Party movement is a proxy war on the growing libertarian opposition to Barack Obama.

(In the latter regard, I should point out that the only reason I haven't taken my money from the evil, CATO-funding Koch family is because they haven't sent it yet! Of course, if they did, then according to the lefties' logic, every word I utter would instantly become insincere astroturf speech or something.)

Whether any of this means that the business-as-usual GOP party regulars are being left alone for the time being (provided they don't rock the boat), who knows?

I don't know how many of them are defending Rush Limbaugh (much less the Tea Party movement) but it all inclines me to remember Winston Churchill's maxim:

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile -- hoping it will eat him last.

Besides, I'm too small to be worth eating, and there are too many mouths to feed!

Whether it is better to feed than be food is premature.