From the December 14 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
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RUSH LIMBAUGH: On this program, ladies and gentleman, we have praised repeatedly the way Ted Cruz has been behaving in this campaign. We have praised his strategy, we have recognized what he is doing and have praised it. Called it out. And this program has been front and center in telling everybody, keep a sharp eye on Cruz, because when all the shouting is done, when everything shakes out, don't be surprised if Ted Cruz leads the pack. And now we've got at least two polls with him way up in Iowa, including the Des Moines Register poll -- which among the drivebys is among the most respected polls ever. And because Cruz has been playing this whole campaign brilliantly, because he has not criticized Trump, he has not moved, he has not been part of the chorus. And Cruz has been exhibiting manners that are considered to be old fashioned. Politeness, restraint, not getting in people's faces and wagging a finger and shouting them down. He really has been engaged in what I believe are time-honored behavioral techniques that represent manners, breeding, sophistication, maturity and all that. And doing so has forced Trump into a couple of major blunders here. And it's not so much Trump's -- Cruz's behavior per say, it is the polling data coming out of Iowa that has shocked everybody except me and including Trump. I mean, when Carson was leading Iowa, nobody really thought that was going to last. But Cruz, Cruz has been everybody's dark horse, because you cannot legitimately and honestly criticize Cruz's competence, his intelligence, his abilities. He's as bright and competent and capable and smart as anybody and they all know it.
