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Will Rush Limbaugh and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger face off on Limbaugh's show today? The is the hint from an item posted by Matt Drudge on 'The Drudge Report.' The entire dust up comes from an NBC Today Show interview where the Governator claimed that "Limbaugh is irrelevant." A CNN report claims it was a shot aimed at Limbaugh's loaded term for Schwarzenegger -- "closet liberal."

Rush Limbaugh and Arnold Schwarzenegger Face Off on Limbaugh's Show

"I don't know what happened to Arnold," the conservative talker said on his radio show earlier. "He obviously didn't have the leadership skills to articulate conservative principles and win over the public as Reagan did."

Rush answered the 'irrelevant' charge on his show on Tuesday. He said on the show, "All right. Now, I could be charitable in this and I could say, "When he calls me 'irrelevant,' not irrelevant as a human or irrelevant as a media figure or irrelevant as a conservative. What I say is irrelevant because he doesn't care, is what he might mean." That's being charitable. He's just calling me irrelevant because he doesn't care what I say or anybody else says. I'm irrelevant in terms of determining the future course of the state of California because that's his job. I could be charitable and take it that way, and since I'm one of good cheer and optimism and I basically think Arnold's a nice guy, I choose to take it that way."

Limbaugh added: "I know Arnold. I have smoked stogies with Arnold, and I like Arnold! He's an engaging, friendly, nice guy. But that's why I always said, "Folks, when you're in a position, as I am, a national commentator, the one thing you can't do is become friends with these politicians." When you become friends with them, you can't criticize your friends. When they become part of your traveling gang or your inner circle, they are insulated from criticism, and that's not going to help me and that's not what I'm here for, is to make friends with these people. So this is a sellout, and I'm seeing way too many Republicans do it, and it's not good for conservatism -- which is where my loyalty lies, not with the Republican Party."

Limbaugh's syndicated show airs from 12:00 - 3:00pm.