Think about it. The right-wing talkers just spent the last two months advocating non-stop for the defeat of Barack Obama in the general election, following the primary season when both men advocated, at times non-stop, for the defeat of John McCain in the GOP primaries. And yes, both candidates won each of those contests with ease.

Meaning, right-wing talk radio, if it accomplished nothing else this calender year, proved that its political influence is on sharp decline. Yet we have mainstream media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times rushing in post-election to detail exactly what Rush and Sean are saying about political events. (Hint: they still don't like Obama.)

We're not really picking on the Times here, since the article makes important points about the nature of right-wing radio. It's just so weird the way even after these string of GOP defeats (stretching back to 2006), the press still has this knee-jerk reaction to document what the right-wing press is up to, while remaining largely obliviously to the triumphant left-wing press, particularly the surging blogosphere.