This Newsmax article quoting Limbaugh made me laugh out loud. A lot!

Rush Limbaugh: GOP and Dems Both Fear Palin by Hiram Reisner
(Newsmax, May 27, 2011)

“You know the effect that (Palin) has on establishment Republican people,” Limbaugh continued. “They’re just as frightened in their own way as the Democrats are of Palin and one thing I think is inescapable — particularly in looking at the Democrats — the Democrats and the media will always tell you who they are afraid of by virtue of who they spend time trying to destroy.”

By the same token, when Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels was flirting with getting in, The Washington Post and The New York Times were saying “this is the one Obama really fears,” trying to goad him into the race, Limbaugh said.

“It was really convoluted thinking — but the bottom line is she scares them — she also scares the Republican establishment,” he said. “But so (do) some other potential Republican candidates.”

Van Susteren asked which other conservative candidates are feared. Limbaugh cited former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, noting, "Bachmann especially. Anybody who is tea party oriented is going to send some chills down the spines of both Democrat and Republican establishments. There’s something about the tea party that frightens them and I think it’s the direct connection with the American people.”