Oh, cry me a river. Republican pols complain about talk radio

I was reading Karl Rove, Insider With an Outsize Reputation in the Washington Post when this paragraph jumped out at me:

The study also lends support to the notion that conservative talkers helped torpedo President Bush's immigration law overhaul, prompting Republican Sen. Trent Lott to complain that "talk radio is running America." Conservative radio hosts devoted 16 percent of their time to discussing (and usually attacking) the bill. Lou Dobbs, a staunch opponent, devoted 27 percent of his CNN show to the issue.

Sorry, Senator Lott, train a pit bull to attack and they get hard to control.

The article mainly deals with the idea that the media may have had a lot to do with Karl Rove's prominence. Worth reading.