Brent Bozell: McCain Can’t Ignore Talk Radio

Monday, March 17, 2008 2:32 PM

By: Jim Meyers Article Font Size

John McCain cannot disregard the views expressed by America’s conservative talk radio hosts and expect to win the support of conservatives in November’s election.

That’s the view of L. Brent Bozell, founder and president of the influential Media Research Center, who notes that in the past, Republicans who have not energized conservatives within their party have gone down to defeat.

“The conservative talk-show community? Don’t mind them — they’re irrelevant. This message from John McCain surrogates and other members of the political class is filling the airwaves and op-ed pages,â€