Is Rush Limbaugh conservative?

So the Democrats are saying Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican party, which the leader of the Republican party denies, but after he dissed Rush, the party’s followers went into such an uproar that he had to apologize. Thus, Democrats have the Republicans on the ropes, even though the economy is tanking with questionable policies that one would think would play right into the hands of an opposition party. So is Rush Limbaugh the leader of America’s conservatives? Or is Rush’s belief in progress through free markets if we can only find the right leader and his beliefe in the innate goodness of the American people really conservative at all? Rod Dreher says “no”:

The gist of what’s wrong with Limbaughism is that it’s right-wing Rousseauism. That is, he believes that man is born free, but is put in chains by the government. He believes in living without limits is the essence of conservatism, which is just … crazy. If traditional-minded conservatives know anything, it’s that human nature is fallen, and there are natural limits that must be respected. Conservatism is a form of humility. I see none of that in Limbaugh and what he stands for.