Reply #79: No shock. I've listened to Shultz since 1988 [View All]

[AndrewP]

He was one of those "God's Only Party" types. God, Guns, Football, Jesus, etc.

I remember in 1996 he was hyping a visit to Fargo by Newt Gingrich and how much he admired him.

Around 2000 or so he was pushing for his buddy Al Carlson to get the GOP nomination for the Governors race, but it ended up going to John Hoeven. He was pissed at that, and even said so on his local radio show.

That seemed to start his slide out of the Party, until he came out as a Democrat locally in 2003.

It's either a gradual move towards the center, or a cynical move towards an open radio market. I tend to lean towards the former. People can change. But I'm cynical enough to think it may have been quickened by his move towards syndicated radio.