“Joe is the conservative that all the talking heads and news producers in America wake up to,” says Erick Erickson of the influential conservative blog RedState. “If Joe has a serious concern about something the Democrats are doing, then the talking heads and news producers are willing to consider that there must be something to it.”
Erickson makes a vital point. While other voices are far more beloved by conservatives (for the red meat they churn out daily), Scarborough’s role is arguably just as important — and clearly more difficult. (It’s one thing to be a conservative radio host who sits comfortably inside the protective confines of a radio studio, deciding which topics are worthy of discussion. But what Scarborough does day in and day out is go head-to-head against liberals — on their own turf — and he usually wins.)
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