The Stalinist purge of the week goes to... David Frum!

I have always admired the political insight of David Frum. I don't really agree with the guy on many issues, but I think he is one of the few conservative voices that is somewhat objective. He was the guy arguing the republicans overplayed their hand on health care reform by blocking the bill rather than trying to make it better. Well, looks like this obvious truth is too much for the base to handle and he has now been fired by The American Enterprise Institute, the political think tank he worked for.

He made a good point today about the inverted relationship between the conservative media outlets (Fox News, Rush). He rightly claims that they have dominated the direction of the Republican Party since Obama came to power, essentially making them puppets. Daily Kos has a good post on this article with a recent interview with Frum.

I think what his departure from AEI shows us is the type of dissension that is tolerated by the conservative media and the Republican Party. As he rightly points out, the party is being pushed further and further to the right at the cost of the moderate wing. For those of us who like to see liberal social and economic policies, this is good news, as a radical party can never win an election. For those of us who like to see a unified country meeting our numerous challenges together, you're out of luck.